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LNG carrier runs aground in Suez Canal
Splash ^ | February 1, 2023 | Adis Ajdin

Posted on 02/01/2023 11:30:48 AM PST by george76

A large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier Grace Emilia ran aground in Egypt’s Suez Canal on Wednesday.

Local media reports the shipping traffic is unaffected as the incident took place in a southern section of the canal where a second channel allows for ships to bypass the blockage.

AIS data from Vesselfinder (below) showed four tugboats working to move the 293-m-long vessel.

Equasis lists the 2021-built 174,000 cu m ship, which entered the canal early Wednesday morning, as owned by Japan’s NYK.

The latest incident comes just three weeks after the bulker Glory bound for China carrying 66,000 mt of corn from Ukraine had to be refloated after running aground.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: canal; china; egypt; herecometheqtards; japan; lng; shipping; suez; suezcanal; traffic; ukraine

1 posted on 02/01/2023 11:30:48 AM PST by george76
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To: george76

Emilia is no one’s pal
(Fifteen miles on the Suez Canal)


2 posted on 02/01/2023 11:32:32 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: george76

Don’t light a match......................


3 posted on 02/01/2023 11:34:29 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: george76

The container ship _Ever Given_ grounded in the canal waaay back in 2021.

I hope it doesn’t become a thing!


4 posted on 02/01/2023 11:35:39 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: george76

How hard is it to keep a ship afloat in a canal? I’m not aware of any hairpin turns in those things.


5 posted on 02/01/2023 11:42:45 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Larry Lucido

Intentional ? Enemy action?


6 posted on 02/01/2023 11:44:24 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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7 posted on 02/01/2023 11:45:39 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: george76

Piloted by a woman? ;-)


8 posted on 02/01/2023 11:47:34 AM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Magnum44

You know we are already there when even zoo monkeys are not safe.


9 posted on 02/01/2023 11:48:00 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Larry Lucido

There are two types of mariners.

Those who have run aground.

And those who are going to.


10 posted on 02/01/2023 11:48:06 AM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: george76
She's a big girl...


11 posted on 02/01/2023 11:52:34 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: absalom01; george76; SaveFerris; PROCON; mylife; Rebelbase; rlmorel
Maybe they are trying to become "land guys."


12 posted on 02/01/2023 11:53:23 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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13 posted on 02/01/2023 11:54:25 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Gotta be fun to ski behind

Where do I land my helo?


14 posted on 02/01/2023 11:57:10 AM PST 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: george76

Are there sharp curves in the Suez Canal?


15 posted on 02/01/2023 12:19:33 PM PST by chopperk ( )
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To: Larry Lucido

Its more complicated that you think — fluid dynamics, wind effects, and such. You can find plenty of youtube videos discussing the evergreen/grande case.


16 posted on 02/01/2023 12:25:43 PM PST by 13foxtrot
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To: george76

bound for China carrying 66,000 mt of corn from Ukraine

That’s the interesting part of the story. The US can’t even get 66,000 metric tons of corn for our $100B “investment” to Ukraine?


17 posted on 02/01/2023 12:40:46 PM PST by ro_dreaming (Who knew "Idiocracy", "1984", "Enemy of the State", and "Person of Interest" would be non-fiction?)
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To: george76

He’s trying to save the earth by putting the natural gas back into the ground.


18 posted on 02/01/2023 12:54:12 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: george76

This could jam up transiting cargo... again.


19 posted on 02/01/2023 2:21:40 PM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: Larry Lucido

LOL


20 posted on 02/01/2023 2:30:19 PM PST by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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