Wednesday, March 24, 2021

One of the largest container ships in the world has been partially refloated after it ran aground in the Suez canal, causing a huge jam of vessels at either end of the vital international trade artery.

 Well, oops!


This ship is a giant.



The 220,000-ton, 400-metre-long Ever Given – a so-called “megaship” – became stuck near the southern end of the canal on Tuesday. The Suez Canal Authority said it had lost the ability to steer amid high winds and a dust storm.

Eight tugboats were working to free the vessel, blocking a lane through which about 50 ships a day passed in 2019, according to Egyptian government statistics.

So, caught by the wind and clogged.  You'd thing they would know about the risk of such a thing when the ship itself is in effect a giant sail.  But no...

ulianne Cona, who posted the picture from the Maersk Denver on Instagram, watched the drama unfold as her ship waited at anchor.

“Hopefully it won’t be too long but from the looks of it that ship is super stuck,” she wrote. “They had a bunch of tugs trying to pull and push it earlier but it was going nowhere … there is a little excavator trying to dig out the bow.”

Good luck, gentlemen!



10 comments:

  1. Overloaded, gonna hafta download then it will float again.
    Greedy ass walmart multi-billionaire shipping tycoons! lol

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    1. No matter who actually caused it the fake news will put the blame on Trump's Mid-East policies.

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    2. Ya know, ever since the xiden incident I have scaled back on my exposure to media rumors. Notice I didn't say news. I seem to be able to maintain and pleasant attitude for the most part when I avoid that stuff.

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  2. Hillary's secret service code name was Evergreen. Human Trafficking. Human Cargo

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  3. Look to the right of the ship in the 1rst picture. The 'little excavator' is a full size track-hoe!

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  4. World's Biggest Wedgie!

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  5. Lots of big cables and a few large bulldozers and maybe a handful of large anchor handlers......

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  6. Upcoming news: Container ship purposefully stuck in Suez Canal; Captain says: “Nope. Not movin’.”
    Trump blamed as region’s economy falters, pirates raid cargo ships.

    Think it can’t happen? Think again!
    -JLM

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