BBC News Published image captionSome 2,000 containers are being unloaded from the Ever Given at Felixstowe The huge container ship that blocked the Suez Canal is being unloaded after it arrived in the UK. The Ever Given docked at Felixstowe, Suffolk, at 16:30 BST on Tuesday, its first UK visit since causing disruption to global shipping. The Port of Felixstowe said 2,000 containers were being unloaded by crane and the process would take about 24 hours. It said the 400m-long (1,300ft) vessel was due to leave at 02:00 on Thursday. media captionEver Given: Time-lapse video captures Felixstowe arrival The ship, operated by Taiwanese firm Evergreen Marine, was originally due to arrive at Felixstowe in early April.