Thousands of animals packed tight on ships parked in Suez Canal

Ships seen at the entrance of the Suez Canal, in Egypt on March 26, 2021. - Reuters

CAIRO (Bloomberg): Of all the millions of tonnes of cargo that’s piled up in the Suez Canal, none is more delicate than the animals crammed into the hulls of several of the ships.

Little information is available, with neither canal officials nor shipping executives willing to talk, but data compiled by Bloomberg indicate as many as 10 vessels stuck in and around the canal could be carrying livestock. Given the Europe-to-Saudi Arabia itinerary, they are most likely carrying sheep.