Shipments from Asia to Britain are likely to be delayed by the huge cargo ship that has run aground in the Suez Canal, Downing Street has warned, as workers race to try and free it.

Russian-state energy company Rosatum suggested ships waiting to use the Suez Canal should divert to the Arctic shipping route, and said the company would help ships stay free of ice floes.

Shipping experts believe it could take days or even weeks to free the 224,000-ton vessel that is wedged across the Suez Canal, blocking one of the world’s busiest waterways since Tuesday.

One of the world's biggest container vessels ran aground in the Suez Canal late March 23, trigging a major scare in the global commodity markets by blocking a critical transit chokepoint.

A massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal is driving desperate shippers to consider moving more goods by air.

Chairing his crowded party congress, which drew criticism on health grounds, President Erdogan appealed to people to sell foreign currencies and gold to prop up the tumbling lira.

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