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Over 200 Ships Stuck In Maritime Traffic Jam As Cargo Ship Remains Wedged In Suez Canal
Daily Caller ^ | March 26, 2021 | Andrew Jose

Posted on 03/26/2021 2:33:14 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat

The number of vessels stuck in a traffic jam outside the Suez Canal rose to 200 Friday as recent efforts to free a cargo ship wedged between the Canal’s two banks failed.

Dislodging the stuck ship, the Ever Given, could take up to a week, and the vessel can encounter structural issues while it remains stuck, a salvage expert told the Associated Press (AP).

The Suez Canal handles approximately 12% of international trade. Its recent blockage threatens to harm the world economy and poses a disruption to global supply chains, CNBC reported....

The ensuing traffic jams forced several cargo ships to consider taking a circuitous alternative route around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope....

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


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: canal; capeofgoodhope; egypt; evergiven; evergreen; maritimesecurity; middleeast; mvevergiven; oops; stuck; suezcanal; taiwan; trade; traderoutes; usn
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I guess I won't be getting that flying carpet I ordered anytime soon.
1 posted on 03/26/2021 2:33:14 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
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To: CheshireTheCat

Who was captaining this ship?!


2 posted on 03/26/2021 2:40:03 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Comarable to a stunt like 9-11, an Iranian sponsored group could commandeer a ship and wedge it likewise, perhaps even scuttling the ship once in place, making a more permanent blockage.

As such, governments should consider absolving crews of liability for killing pirates in action. I believe right now, due to insurance liability issues, crews aren’t supposed to carry guns to defend themselves against marauders. They’re just supposed to do as they’re told by their captors.

All part of the anti-gun mentality of the corporate world.


3 posted on 03/26/2021 2:40:17 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: CheshireTheCat

Detour around the bottom of Africa ?

That should add a bit to the travel time..


4 posted on 03/26/2021 2:40:35 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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I think it adds 14 days.
I think the block is on purpose to hike oil prices


5 posted on 03/26/2021 2:42:31 PM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: fruser1

If people started defending themselves from criminals where would the Board of GM be able to hide?


6 posted on 03/26/2021 2:47:52 PM PDT by Seruzawa (The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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The whole incident started when one of the ships suddenly changed lanes without using its blinker


7 posted on 03/26/2021 2:47:57 PM PDT by dsrtsage (Complexity is merely simplicity lacking imagination)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Right when Biden turns over our energy production to the Terrorists.


8 posted on 03/26/2021 2:48:04 PM PDT by bray (Pray for fake President Biden)
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To: Palio di Siena
I think the block is on purpose to hike oil prices.

I have my doubts. The really big oil tankers can't transit the Suez Canal reasonably safely and have to travel around the Cape of Good Hope to reach Europe from the Middle East.

9 posted on 03/26/2021 2:48:12 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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10 posted on 03/26/2021 2:52:46 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: CheshireTheCat

1956 Suez war, been done before?


11 posted on 03/26/2021 2:55:08 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: RayChuang88

Don’t touch the
Oil or Wine.
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Rings a Bell.


12 posted on 03/26/2021 2:55:19 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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To: Palio di Siena

Bull it is to drive up the price of toilet paper and put people back in a bind again. LOL


13 posted on 03/26/2021 2:59:03 PM PDT by wild74
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This looks like an enormous terrorist target. How many ships could be destroyed with a ballistic missile attack by the Iranian Mullahs, for instance?
14 posted on 03/26/2021 2:59:59 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Theoria

I’ve been looking for a map like this- thank you for posting it here. This is a real mess and will affect some supply chains

I still haven’t read a reasonable explanation for this happening- they seem to be going with a “windstorm”. Maybe- but seems strange.


15 posted on 03/26/2021 3:00:07 PM PDT by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: dsrtsage

Actually, there are plenty of pics out there showing that the captain piloted the craft in such a way that the GPS track drew a penis. Just saying.


16 posted on 03/26/2021 3:00:30 PM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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17 posted on 03/26/2021 3:02:35 PM PDT by freedomlover
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To: Truth29

You know the Somali pirates must be on the way.


18 posted on 03/26/2021 3:03:32 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Rummyfan

19 posted on 03/26/2021 3:05:58 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Palio di Siena

Yep, it is ALL being done on purpose!!


20 posted on 03/26/2021 3:06:19 PM PDT by Bill of Rights FIRST
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