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Megaship Blocks All Traffic In Suez Canal After Running Aground In Bizarre Incident (no real title)
twitter (sorry about that) ^ | 3-23-21 | John Scott-Railton

Posted on 03/23/2021 4:46:29 PM PDT by dynachrome

MV #EVERGIVEN Size: 400m long / 59m wide Gross tonnage: 219,079 Capacity: 20,388 TEUs (20ft container equivalents).

One of the largest container ships in operation.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Egypt; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: egypt; evergreen; shipaground; suez; suezcanal; suezegypt
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To: Mr. K
Did they think to unload some of the cargo?

How?

41 posted on 03/23/2021 6:08:46 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: C210N

Shipping company is Evergreen, but the ship name is “Ever Given”.

Hellary probably picked that name thinking with all that corruption her purse would be “ever green” with cash...

Maybe the Iranians are messing with GPS satellite signals again?


42 posted on 03/23/2021 6:16:03 PM PDT by Uber-Eng (Northern Texan at heart...Help me save Michigan!!!)
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To: All

My father was the last US civilian contractor to leave the Canal Zone before it was handed over to the Chinese, err, the Panamanians.


43 posted on 03/23/2021 6:18:14 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: C210N
Once is happenstance. Two might be something else.

The ship that has cut off the Suez is "EVERGREEN",
and the name is not given correctly in many media.

EVERGREEN is SS code for HRC. Right?

The call sign is: H3RC. <==========


44 posted on 03/23/2021 6:25:57 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: C210N

one more thing.

This hazard A (major) cargo container ship
was going from CHINA to Holland.

What/who are in the containers?


45 posted on 03/23/2021 6:29:28 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: dynachrome

46 posted on 03/23/2021 6:30:15 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Diogenesis

Evergreen. Really?


47 posted on 03/23/2021 6:33:30 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (wwg1wga Godwins; what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them.. )
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To: Diogenesis

Great $64T dollar question: what’s in the containers.

I’m not one for coincidences in these circumstances. If that ship represents “HRC”, she is going into the drink, and whatever is inside them, maybe we’ll learn a great deal more...


48 posted on 03/23/2021 6:35:10 PM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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To: CJ Wolf

49 posted on 03/23/2021 6:36:23 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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50 posted on 03/23/2021 6:38:45 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: dynachrome

Ironic that “EVERGREEN” in 30 foot letters is sprawled across an ugly barge surrounded by a desert, btw. ;^)


51 posted on 03/23/2021 6:49:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Diogenesis

Given the ‘Evergreen’ and ‘H3RC’ and Secret Service code for HRC being “evergreen”...

gotta be a “And that’s the Rest of the Story” in our future.


52 posted on 03/23/2021 7:00:13 PM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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To: SaveFerris

The ship is headed to Rotterdam from China.

I wonder what plans China has to shut down the canal when push comes to shove?


53 posted on 03/23/2021 7:03:26 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: dynachrome

Seems like something like this or worse would be a great distraction tactic by China to invade Taiwan while we are all focused elsewhere.


54 posted on 03/23/2021 7:04:49 PM PDT by Marko413
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To: dynachrome

An article I read said the ship suffered a total blackout which caused the loss of control.


55 posted on 03/23/2021 7:04:53 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: zeestephen

The largest container ships can carry 24,000, 20 foot units.

24,000, 20 foot units laid end on end would stretch a distance of 90 miles.

We are screwed.


56 posted on 03/23/2021 7:13:11 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Marko413

Well, considering Evergreen is a Taiwan based shipping company, what do you think the odds are of their colluding with the Communist Chinese?


57 posted on 03/23/2021 7:15:40 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: zeestephen

“He said no USA ports are currently designed to load or unload these giant ships.”

We have ports that can handle these, else these ships would never be built.

Besides a ship like this never offloads it’s entire load in a single port.


58 posted on 03/23/2021 7:36:18 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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To: Rebelbase

I was thinking it’s possible somebody could want to shut down the Suez - keeps some warships from moving too if that happens


59 posted on 03/23/2021 7:53:56 PM 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: dynachrome

This is what happens when “the ship hits the sand”.


60 posted on 03/23/2021 8:15:45 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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