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Suez canal: Ever Given container ship freed from shoreline
BBC ^ | 3-29-2021 | Someone at BBC

Posted on 03/29/2021 1:25:13 AM PDT by OKSooner

A huge container ship that has been stuck across the Suez Canal for almost a week has been freed from the shoreline, officials say.

The course of the 400m-long (1,300ft) Ever Given has been corrected by 80%, according to the Suez Canal Authority.

It added that further efforts to move the boat would resume later on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: canal; egypt; evergiven; evergreen; malaysia; netherlands; rotterdam; suez; suezcanal
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Excerpted just in case.
1 posted on 03/29/2021 1:25:13 AM PDT by OKSooner
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To: OKSooner

With the stern now free, would bow and stern thrusters have more effect? (If this ship has them)


2 posted on 03/29/2021 1:41:12 AM PDT by llevrok (I'm old enough to remember when the quarantine was to be 2 weeks)
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To: llevrok

I wouldn’t know, myself.


3 posted on 03/29/2021 1:44:57 AM PDT by OKSooner (BFF: Blame Fauci First)
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To: OKSooner

well this is encouraging news

so far the ship hasnt split


4 posted on 03/29/2021 1:48:27 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

The Soviets would have fixed this in a nanosecond 11 actually and left a new salt water lake to use as a turning basin as a bonus. Just nuke it 500kt would vaporize it and leave a nice depression filled with salt water a few hundred meters deep. Problem solved comrade.


5 posted on 03/29/2021 2:03:49 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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To: Secret Agent Man

ha ha
I wanted to know what was in the containers.


6 posted on 03/29/2021 2:05:38 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop ("There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” - Pompeo)
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To: OKSooner

7 posted on 03/29/2021 2:08:44 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: Diogenesis

Well, I guess it will eventually be able to chart a new course. /cough

heh (what was up with that? (previous course) - I probably don’t want to know)


8 posted on 03/29/2021 2:18:05 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Diogenesis

Consumer goods


9 posted on 03/29/2021 2:22:09 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: OKSooner

Why is the ship called the Ever Given when the word “Evergreen” is painted in white letters on both sides?


10 posted on 03/29/2021 2:30:55 AM PDT by jonrick46 ( Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: OKSooner

Now can we direct the focus back on Cuomo?


11 posted on 03/29/2021 2:31:49 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ ("Our lawyers just want you to know that this is not real.")
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To: jonrick46

Lost in translation.


12 posted on 03/29/2021 2:33:32 AM PDT by spokeshave (White Confederate statue kills black man......Another month of protests.... (HT to seawolf101))
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To: jonrick46

“Evergreen” is the name of the Company that operates the ship. “Ever Given” is the name of the ship.


13 posted on 03/29/2021 2:33:44 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: jonrick46

Better question:

Why were first reports of a total power failure having caused the incident later replaced with reports of high winds as the cause???


14 posted on 03/29/2021 2:34:07 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: OKSooner

Same Ship Different Day


15 posted on 03/29/2021 2:34:28 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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Why were first reports of a total power failure having caused the incident later replaced with reports of high winds as the cause???

Because first reports are often wrong?

16 posted on 03/29/2021 2:42:16 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: logi_cal869
Why were first reports of a total power failure having caused the incident later replaced with reports of high winds as the cause???

I forget the timeline...did Biden's stair trip excuse of the wind causing it come first or did the Evergiven wind excuse? Climate change is always a handy excuse now days. :>)

17 posted on 03/29/2021 2:48:08 AM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, ands fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: llevrok; All

Juan Brown has an excellent YouTube channel which is usually devoted to analysis of recent aircraft accidents. Recently, in response to viewer requests, he has been covering the grounding in the Suez Canal of the Ever Given container ship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iyn2q6s1Sk&t=78s
Ever Given UPDATE 28 March Operation “Backtwist”

Highly informative! I recommend you check it out.


18 posted on 03/29/2021 2:49:20 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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To: raccoonradio

LOLOLOL


19 posted on 03/29/2021 2:56:58 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Covenantor

Biden got blown off course by high winds and got stuck on the red carpet stairs.

His Corn Pop thrusters were unable to Build Biden Back Better so Pelosi appropriated $3.9 trillion in emergency funds for Biden’s hairy legs.

C’mon man!


20 posted on 03/29/2021 3:00:15 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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