On March 23rd 2021, the Ever Given – one of the largest container ships ever built – ploughed into the sandy bank of the Suez Canal, blocking the entire waterway. It stopped all traffic in one of the most important shipping lanes in the world for almost a week, causing a ‘ship jam’ of over 300 vessels, and delaying deliveries of billions of pounds of vital food, fuel, and medical supplies. The disruption to the global supply chain lasted for many months.
How did such an advanced ship crash in one of the most closely monitored shipping lanes in the world? How did a team of engineers free the ship in just 6 days? And who or what is to blame?
Using never-before seen footage, testimony from witnesses speaking for the very first time, and expert analysis, this investigation aims to uncover the inside story of the Ever Given accident. And with over 2500 shipping incidents a year, this film also asks if this was just a freak accident, or whether it reveals a serious weakness in the world’s critical supply chain.
Image credit European Space Imaging
| Producer & Directors | Alessandra Bonomolo , Tom Cook |
| Executive Producer | Carlo Massarella |
| Editors | Antonio Morra , Sarjit Bains |
| Directors of Photography | Prospero Bozzo , Tiago Faria , Katie Green , Rudy Gelenter , David Wright |
| Location Directors | Tim Clarkson , Ian Glatt , Valerie Mellon , Ben Ryder |
| Assistant Producers | Pete Devaney , Rosy Murch |
| Researcher | Eloise Millard |
| VFX Team | Matthew Chancellor , Mario Terzoli |
| Production Executive | Ian Douglas |
| Production Manager | Renata Pavelka |
| Junior Production Manager | Rich Hyland |
| Post Production Coordinator | Claire Sellman |
| Production Coordinator | Rachel Ingle |
| Junior Production Coordinator | Glen Griffiths |