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....
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He drew a cock and balls going inside of an ass on the way in to the canal.
Was this the pilot or the captain of the ship? When does the pilot take over?
https://twitter.com/TheDreadShips/status/1374654080082120704/photo/1
That was interesting to watch.
Not sure what this ship is worth, but I wonder if they’ll have to unload it then start cutting it in pieces.
$7.59 A LOAF!?!
Here in sunny San Diego where it’s been Cold and
Windy Wet for Three Months,
My bread is $2.90.
I’ve started “rollin’maOwn”
To ween me off Marlberrys!
$10 bucks a pack.
Cheap whiskey and hookers
are long Gone.
After Egypt closed the Suez canal at the beginning of the Six Day War on June 5, 1967, the canal remained closed for precisely eight years, reopening on June 5, 1975.
After the Yom Kippur War, the United States initiated Operation Nimbus Moon. The amphibious assault ship USS Inchon (LPH-12) was sent to the Canal, carrying 12 RH-53D minesweeping helicopters of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 12. These partly cleared the canal between May and December 1974. She was relieved by the LST USS Barnstable County (LST1197). The British Royal Navy initiated Operation Rheostat and Task Group 65.2 provided for Operation Rheostat One[87] (six months in 1974), the minehunters HMS Maxton, HMS Bossington, and HMS Wilton, the Fleet Clearance Diving Team (FCDT)[88] and HMS Abdiel, a practice minelayer/MCMV support ship; and for Operation Rheostat Two[89] (six months in 1975) the minehunters HMS Hubberston and HMS Sheraton, and HMS Abdiel. When the Canal Clearance Operations were completed, the canal and its lakes were considered 99% clear of mines. The canal was then reopened by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat aboard an Egyptian destroyer, which led the first convoy northbound to Port Said in 1975.[90] At his side stood the Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, delegated to represent his father, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. The cruiser USS Little Rock was the only American naval ship in the convoy.[91 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#Mine_clearing_operations_(1974%E2%80%9375) ]
Thanks, enjoyed the video.
It’s just a special French bread but they raised it well over They want us equally in soup lines.
Soup lines,
Then Cattle Cars.
I can’t believe the destruction that lies ahead
after 3 yrs of “Winning!”
Scripture is my Rock in
This world gone Mad.
Hold Tight FRiend.
Good vid. However, I do not really see any reason why a couple vacuum dredges cannot have their pickup pipes extended to do the job. Smaller “water jets” could also be used to displace sand to where it would be easier to remove. Obviously, some creativity and jury rigging might be involved.
Granted, this does assume the sand goes deep enough to make removal effective. If there is bedrock a few meters down, having the ship come to rest on that might not be so great...
Cheap whiskey and hookers
are long Gone.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
if the women don’t get you
the liquor must.
Just consider the situation if another ship was to
do this in the Panama canal.
That would really be a black swan.
Gets the old brain working for a solution.
I think there are enough options to avoid such a drastic measure. A poster down thread suggested dredging and hydraulic “power streams”.
I always enjoy these types of threads where the community chimes in to come up with a solution.
I’m reminded of a super thread that attempted to solve one of the space shuttle disasters. It was the one where a chunk of ice had broken off the airship on takeoff and punched a hole in the “webbing” where the wing meets the fuselage.
We kept pace with the publically released data, and beat NASA at their own game by guessing/hypothesizing as to what the cause was that brought down the shuttle before NASA ever made an official determination.
I might add that there was a freeper in west Texas that reported seeing the shuttle break up over west Texas about 10 minutes before the disaster broke on national news, and came to Free Republic and reported on what he/she had seen.
To be clear... it seems that there is a racket going on where the ships are stopped, boarded by a person that then pilot’s the ship through the canal, and then departs once the journey is complete.
From a 2 minute video that tracked the route, a contract pilot would have still been at the helm at the time of grounding.
A recent aerial view showed a pretty substantial dredge working at the bow.
Yes, that’s it. “Evergreen is the name of the shipping company that leases the ship. The vessel itself is called Ever Given. Evergreen Marine, a Taiwanese cargo and freight business, has many, many ships. Ever Given is one of 20 container ships in Evergreen’s fleet and is named in the company’s “Ever” + “G-word” format. There’s also an Ever Gentle, an Ever Gleamy, an Ever Genius … you get the gist. There’s also an Ever Going...” (from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-25/ship-stuck-in-the-suez-canal-called-ever-given-plus-a-few-memes/100027880)
Whatever they end up doing, it’ll be an engineering feat.
What a mess.
Haha - well, aside from getting to watch large scale dredging ops on the Ohio River not too far from here, I actually have a current problem with trying to get at sewage line exiting our house in what is not only a “weird” spot, but also a quite wet one, worse with spring rains every couple days. Working in the water and muck with a shovel alone is near impossible, so, I’m attacking the excavation and water / muck removal with a combination of a heavy duty utility pump, a good strong wet-dry shop vac, and, a hose with an attachment with a “jet” setting. If it gives me too much trouble I also have a pressure washer. And... plenty of old work clothes...
At least I’m not being shot at in WW1 trench warfare!
That makes sense.
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