Commodities tracking firm Kpler has acquired two well-known AIS data services, MarineTraffic and FleetMon, consolidating a large share of the business.
In 2021, a huge container ship, the Ever Given, became stuck in high winds across a southern section of the canal, blocking traffic for six days before it could be dislodged. The M/V Glory is a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier, data from trackers VesselFinder and MarineTraffic showed.