Suez Canal blocked by container ship 36

[verymadmac]

It might not be an engineering issue that started it, but I bet is going to change a few specifications.
BBC piece here Link



It looks like the bow is hard aground, refloating will be an interesting exercise given the time pressure.



Canal profile is here

https://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/English/About/SuezCanal/Pages/CanalCharacteristics.aspx

 

[TugboatEng]

Samsung is currently investigating the nuclear option.

https://www.maritime-executive.com/...-msr-nuclear-power-for-zero-emission-shipping

 

Comparing the size of a Very Large Container Ship with an Aircraft Carrier, is nuclear an option?

Considering where most of these ships are registered (hint: the same places the super-rich hide their money), absolutely not.

Considering the environmental damage they cause in a virtually lawless zone, I suggest it is time to use the nuclear option and take some of them out of circulation. I know, The Economy, you will say. Well the environment IS the economy and we only have one.

The St Lawrence Seaway costs more to operate than the revenue it brings, and that's just measuring in conventional present dollars. The environmental damage has been incalculably horrendous. (Just google 'zebra mussels'.)

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but they are not entitled to their own facts."

 

[RedSnake]

Considering where most of these ships are registered (hint: the same places the super-rich hide their money)

Malta ?

;-)

/A

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[RedSnake]

Or do you mean this.
Bov in Swedish it means thief. ;-)

/A

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Bov in Swedish it means thief.

That's called Nominative Determinative

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[dik]

...had to look that up.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

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[JohnRBaker]

I had to look it up myself, and it turns out to be something which is actually relevant, at least with respect to our middle son. He's a CIA (Culinary Institute of America) trained pastry chef, whose current job is working as a shift manager at a large commercial bakery in Los Angeles.

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It's finding someone you can't live without

 

Perfect example John. And now he's climbing the food chain.

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[waross]

He has found the recipe for success.

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[IRstuff]

The non sequitur police are watching

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[dik]

IRS... if they don't follow you, there's nothing to worry about.

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[Alistair_Heaton]

Interesting account of what happened.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/six...lobal-trade-2471819?pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll

 

[RedSnake]

When the second pilot objected, the two argued. They may have exchanged insults in Arabic.
I guess if to arabas start getting excited for what ever reason it is not easy to know what is a insults or not.

/A

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.“
Albert Einstein

 

[Alistair_Heaton]

You usually know by the volume of spit that comes out of them.

It sounds a bit of a cultural nightmare that wheelhouse. Both cultures have some major issues.

And if you think the USA has all the bases covered for racism they are just beginners having done it actively for only three hundred years or so. Those two cultures have been masters at it since before christ was shitting his diapers.

 

[RedSnake]

Well maybe they had masks on because of Covid-19 and that's why it wasn't so "clear" if there was insults or not.
I would have thought so about arabs, which of course is a bit prejudiced on my part, (which I am aware of ;-) ) not so much about Indians, even though I know they have the cast system, which "really" does not go hand in hand with being hindu if going down to the rots of it, or maybe it does working oneself up in levels till nirvana.

Have still only read 2/3 of the article, it's interesting.

/A

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[dik]

Settlement...

" The owners and insurers of the Ever Given container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March said on Sunday a formal settlement had been agreed in a compensation dispute, and the canal authority said the vessel would be allowed to sail on July 7."

https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...anal-ship-dispute-july-11-sources-2021-07-04/

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[Alistair_Heaton]

hope we get to see the state of its hull once it gets into dry dock.

 

[LittleInch]

So we need to wait until Wednesday to find out what they settled for in the end..

My guess is <$200 M

Remember - More details = better answers
Also: If you get a response it's polite to respond to it.

 

[dik]

For humour I was going to guess >$200M... but, decided not to...

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

Whatever it is, expect you car insurance premiums to increase next year because of it.
After my new widescreen TV was delayed - talk about blaming the victim!

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