Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship

[2cents]

First time since 1975 the canal is closed I believe. All shipping forced to go around Africa:

Egypt's Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship

A giant container ship the length of four football pitches has become wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking one of the world's busiest trade routes.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-middle-east-56505413

 

[2cents]

Canal was previously closed 1956-1957 and 1967-1975 due to Israeli-Egyptian wars. Bunch of ships got trapped in it during the latter period.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

A prelude to war?

 

[711]

I'm surprised no one's started a thread about this before.

 

[Deery]

Literally a thread straight under this one

 

[2cents]

I'm surprised no one's started a thread about this before.

Literally a thread straight under this one

Sorry, guess it’s someone on ignore.

edit: shite, Elvis in the general. Never mind!

 

[Sir Matt]

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[calodo2003]

What’s an anticipated timeframe for getting the fecker unstuck?

 

[RedTiger]

Sorry, guess it’s someone on ignore.

edit: shite, Elvis in the general. Never mind!

You got Elvis on ignore

 

[4bars]

First time since 1975 the canal is closed I believe. All shipping forced to go around Africa:

Egypt's Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship

A giant container ship the length of four football pitches has become wedged across Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking one of the world's busiest trade routes.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-middle-east-56505413

I love the international measure of football pitches

 

[2cents]

You got Elvis on ignore

I would never (just totally missed the general). Got exactly one poster on ignore and it ain’t Elvis.

 

[Dante]

I would never (just totally missed the general). Got exactly one poster on ignore and it ain’t Elvis.

Sammsky's been banned now.

 

[2cents]

Sammsky's been banned now.

We are richer for having lost him.

 

[Grinner]

We are richer for having lost him.

The good thing is he's likely reading this.

Hi Sammsky!

 

[Carolina Red]

The good thing is he's likely reading this.

Hi Sammsky!

 

[Gehrman]

 

[calodo2003]

Christ, that’s over a hundred containers just immediately facing us.

 

[calodo2003]

Not again. Oil tanker this time…

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[Carolina Red]

Oh. My. God.

 

[Sir Matt]

They refloated it quickly though from reports.

 

[calodo2003]

They refloated it quickly though from reports.

That’s good to hear.

 

[Carolina Red]

They refloated it quickly though from reports.

No clapped out 1989 Komatsu?

 

[mariachi-19]

No clapped out 1989 Komatsu?

Don’t disrespect a work horse my friend.

 

[Carolina Red]

Don’t disrespect a work horse my friend.

Don’t get me wrong, it did the lord’s work.

 

[4bars]

if it is the same spot maybe the fault is not from the boat but from the channel

 

[RedDevilQuebecois]

if it is the same spot maybe the fault is not from the boat but from the channel

I was thinking the same thing. This is no longer a coincidence and thus something has to be done about it. Whether that's through more supervision at that spot or digging the area wider there, I hope someone has something in mind as a next step.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

if it is the same spot maybe the fault is not from the boat but from the channel

[TINFOILHAT] Is there a chance that this is some kind of subterfuge? Could a ship from some country that wants to disrupt shipping dump sand in the canal surreptitiously?[/TINFOILHAT]

Currents could do the same but I'd assume they are limited in a system of locks. Climate change maybe?

 

[Abizzz]

[TINFOILHAT] Is there a chance that this is some kind of subterfuge? Could a ship from some country that wants to disrupt shipping dump sand in the canal surreptitiously?[/TINFOILHAT]

Currents could do the same but I'd assume they are limited in a system of locks. Climate change maybe?

There's no locks on the Suez Canal.

All I remember from last time around is that driving huge ships down narrow canals has some perils I had never even thought about before.