The nautical traffic jam in the Suez Canal, caused by container ship Ever Given, has resulted in delays for a large number of cargo vessels, including one carrying a sizeable shipment of sex toys bound for the Netherlands.
The shipment consists of some 20 containers packed with “dildos, vibrators and male masturbators”, intended for customers of a company called EDC Retail that had already complained about its projected losses, caused by an inability to replenish the stock.
“There are more than 20 containers full of well-running items, such as vibrators, dildos and male masturbators,” Evertine Magerman, chief executive of EDC Retail, said. “A lot of these products were sold for Christmas and Valentine’s Day. There is now an extra lot on the way to restore stocks. But that is not…