Might Take Weeks" - Suez Canal Still Closed As "Enormous Beached Whale" Ship Remains Stuck
Another man made disaster is coming?If the shipping must go around Africa look for higher prices!
serf
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) reported Thursday it had suspended traffic along the 120-mile long canal while eight tugboats worked to free a massive containership, according to Reuters.
SCA's statement said thirteen vessels had sailed south along the canal on Wednesday and were waiting in the canal's lakes until the containership was refloated. On either side of the canal's entrances, dozens of ships are piling up as the world's most crucial shipping lane grinds to a halt.
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Not sure I would call it a man made disaster, Mother Nature had a bit to do with it. With all that money on the line there will be a gargantuan effort to clear the canal as soon as possible. Looks like they have called in some professionals to get it done.
Elite Salvagers Set to Tackle Massive Ship Blocking Suez Canal (yahoo.com)
Hopefully any effect it is having on oil prices will be short lived. Bob
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Was Joeseph Hazelwood piloting?
Joseph Hazelwood - Wikipedia
Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood (born September 24, 1946) is an American sailor. He was the captain of Exxon Valdez during its 1989 oil spill. He was accused of being intoxicated which contributed to the disaster, but was cleared of this charge at his 1990 trial after witnesses testified that he was sober around the time of the accident.“He was accused of being intoxicated which contributed to the disaster, ...”
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Nope! It was this guy! 😁
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Get these guys from Florence, Oregon to take care of the problem.
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So how did it get stuck? Too deep a draft, too wide, got off channel?
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It was weather ---- strong winds. Ship is the maximum length to passage the Suez Canal. No room for error. Job of a pilot pays very well, but is very stressful.
Neal
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etc12819: 31516170747675/comments/31516150667419
Get these guys from Florence, Oregon to take care of the problem.
That didn't work out so well.
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Does the Post Office have ships?😊
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Maybe it was a Swift driver.
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just needs a bit o tannerite
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Moew
jimdeere: 31516170747675/comments/31516151042075
Maybe it was a Swift driver.
More Like a crazy Ivan but the pilot has got to be worried about his job soon.
serf
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Was wondering if the Pilot bore any financial responsibility for the cost of the recovery. If so, I hope he has good insurance.
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Imagine what would happen if a Rogue Govt. were to bomb all the locks on the canal. You think it is not a target? Wrong.
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Another ray of sunshine........
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Imagine what would happen if a Rogue Govt. were to bomb all the locks on the canal. You think it is not a target? Wrong.
No locks on the Suez. They could certainly wreak havoc on the Panama Canal though. If they took out the highest ones the flood would take care of the rest.
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Nothing that a couple of barrels of K Y lube couldnt cure.
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Imagine what would happen if a Rogue Govt. were to bomb all the locks on the canal. You think it is not a target? Wrong.
Suez is a sea level canal, which means that unlike Panama, there are no locks. Here is a look at Mia Flores at the Panama Canal:
For my forum fan club who insist that I've never actually been to these places, here is yours truly inside the lock:
Sure...that's an easy photo to fake!
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My bad. It may have been posted repeatedly, but I was thinking, Panama Canal.
I missed that, except one post which said the Egyptian said it would be open in 3 days. Which made me wonder what the Egyptians had to do with this. Now I know.
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Mark- to believe you have been to the Panama Canal, I would first have to believe the Panama Canal is real.
Sorry sir, not buying it! The Earth is flat therefore “locks” are simply unnecessary.
😀
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Who was that masked man?
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The Owners say it could be out today.
Mark I was stationed in Panama for 5 years, what a blast. My wife wants to go back and live there or Costa Rica.
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There was a huge sand storm that reduced visibility to zero, the huge winds pushed the ship twisting it in the canal. After the bow ran aground the crew was just along for the ride into the biggest plug on navigable waters ever seen.
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Some years ago we were looking at birds along the Red Sea Coast and up to Suez. After lunch we took a road going north that had a high berm on the east side. We are busy looking for birds, when suddenly a giant container ship appears to our right sailing right through the desert. Yep, the road paralleled the canal.
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Now we have the answer! 😁
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Iowa Class Battleships Are The Widest Ships To Ever Use the Panama canal.
Battleship New Jersey in the canal
Today - The lock chambers are 1,000 feet (300 metres) long, 110 feet (33 metres) wide, and 40 feet (12 metres) deep.
@ The Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal.
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They save a chunk of change in fuel for transit costs and delivery time is faster with less overhead costs. I read the US Navy is ready to help now,
serf
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/26/us-navy-help-ship-stuck-suez-canal-478182
We have offered and stand ready to assist Egypt, and will look to support any specific request we receive. We continue to monitor and assess the situation, but have nothing to provide on any potential specific support at this time."CNN first reported the Navy's involvement in the Suez situation.
The White House on Friday also confirmed it has offered Egypt help to remove the ship and get traffic flowing again.
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Mark, did you see "Herman the German" when you visited the Panama canal? It's a huge floating crane with quite a history.
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I did. I took me a little time to find the photo. You can see the crane on the extreme right. Not the best photo- but it's mine and not lifted off the web!
Here is an enlargement of the same photo to give a better view of the crane:
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Sure looks like it. One time when we were stateside, It was one pier over and we got to watch it lift the stern of a tincan
out of the water for a prop change. Quite the machine.
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