As efforts are underway to refloat a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal and navigation suspended through one of the world's biggest shipping lanes, a multitude of memes have surfaced on the internet seeing the funny side of the situation.
Austin Powers and the Friends series was a big hit.
Meanwhile at the #Suez Canal...
— ML2Grow (@ML2Grow) March 24, 2021
Even with our powerful #MachineLearning solutions, we can't predict events like this. Hopefully, this will get resolved soon. pic.twitter.com/tWNtTmRAox
Same energy#suezcanel #Suez #shippingcontainer pic.twitter.com/ycZEFSdw6Z
— Charlie Fenwick ????????????????????????????????️???? (She/her) (@TheTartanTart) March 24, 2021
Others poked fun and saw the bright side of the tiny bulldozer sent to rescue the container ship.
I wish I had this caterpillar’s confidence... #Suez pic.twitter.com/h1io9m0YDo
— Seif ???? (@Seifosid) March 24, 2021
This is my favourite meme format in a long time pic.twitter.com/p7XOuC43PU
— Ben Harris-Roxas (@ben_hr) March 24, 2021
Others may have gotten a little too carried away.
That escalated quickly...#Suez #canal #Evergreen pic.twitter.com/T5pWfSCIcS
— Giant Military Cats (@giantcat9) March 24, 2021
Needed urgently at #Suez Canal right now! https://t.co/1N6YXjWMdQ
— Deepanshu Bhandari (@deepdbhandari) March 25, 2021
Mental health and problem-solving were also themes.
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— Deeba Shadnia (@deebashadnia) March 24, 2021
A true story! ????#Evergreen #Suez pic.twitter.com/ag28zZUxYK
— Moataz Attallah معتز عطا الله (@MoatazAttallah) March 24, 2021
The excavator at Suez today, reminds me of my life...#evergiven #suez #mylife pic.twitter.com/H92hbX4fGV
— DeepCool (@Deepcoolglobal) March 24, 2021
The Suez Canal Authority said it was trying to refloat the Panama-flagged MV Ever Given, a 400-metre (1,300-foot) long vessel.
The ship turned sideways and ran aground in a sandstorm on Tuesday.
Teams from the Netherlands and Japan are being hired to make a plan to float the vessel.
