(some interesting snippets)
Tug boats were deployed to help shift the 400m-long (1312ft) and 59m-wide ship - the Ever Given - but there are fears it could remain trapped for days.
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The incident occurred just north of the port of Suez early on Tuesday.
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The ship, built in 2018 and operated by Taiwanese transport company Evergreen Marine, ran aground and became lodged sideways across the waterway, blocking the path of dozens of other vessels which are now trapped in lines in both directions.
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And now we get to the crux of the matter.
Evergreen Marine said the ship was "suspected of being hit by a sudden strong wind, causing the hull to deviate... and accidentally hit the bottom and run aground," Reuters news agency reported.
The same devil wind that blew down our strong and glorious President?
Curiouser and curiouser.
Why does it say Evergiven. Is it Evergreen or Evergiven?
That ship has a LOT of sail area. It was doing eight maybe nine knots. (I just looked up the speed restrictions for the Suez canal. It is 8.6 knots for non-tankers. Not bad for eyeballing it.).
At 8.5kn you are traveling 286 yards per minute. That is greater than the width of the canal and 2/3 the length of the ship. Things can go bad VERY fast. At that point inertia is not your friend.
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