It’s not the Titan Uranus, is it?
Like Joe Biden on a stairway, subject to influence from strong winds...
Used to work South of the canal. Interesting place.
Heads are gonna roll over this once all the dust settles down.
GPS said go left.
Just yesterday, I saw a guy on CNBC talking about USA ports.
He said no USA ports are currently designed to load or unload these giant ships.
The photograph of the grounded ship is amazing.
They might need every tug boat in Panama to get thing back on course!
“Grounded ‘Mega Ship’ Blocking Suez Canal in Both Directions”
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https://gcaptain.com/grounded-mega-ship-blocking-suez-canal-in-both-directions/
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An ultra-large containership is aground and blocking ship traffic in the Suez Canal.
AIS data shows the MV Ever Given is stuck sideways towards the south end of the canal near Said, Egypt, preventing ships from passing in either direction. Several tugs have been on scene for several hours working to dislodge the ship.
Shipping agent GAC reports that the grounding occurred at 7:40 a.m. local time on Tuesday (March 23) at kilometer 151 after the vessel suffered a black out while transiting.
It seems the Ever Given had just begun its transit of the waterway as part of a northbound convoy when the incident occurred.
“The 199,489 GT ship was fifth in the northbound convoy. None of the vessels before it were affected, but the 15 behind it were detained at anchorages waiting for the Canal to be cleared. The southbound convoy was also blocked,” GAC reported.
At 400-meters-long and a little over 20,000 TEU capacity, the Panama-registered MV Ever Given is among the largest of so-called “mega ships”, aka ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs), currently in operation.
Start of a terrorist attack?
A trial run to test reaction times?
Wonder if China is involved somehow?
So much for today’s $4 price dump in oil.
Secret Service Code Names:
Bill Clinton – Eagle
Hillary Clinton – Evergreen
Chelsea Clinton – Energy
Seems like something like this or worse would be a great distraction tactic by China to invade Taiwan while we are all focused elsewhere.
Just barely breaks the top ten in size.
The largest is the HMM Algeciras @ 24,000 (23,964) TEU.
“Hey Sarge, what conex did we pack the slave cables in?”
Ship traffic around the world.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:32.1/centery:22.1/zoom:4
That captain made a sharp right. Must have been looking at his cell phone.
Then string the captain up by his tender jolly rogers from the yard arms as a lesson to other swabbies not to drink and sail in the Suez Canal! (Sorry if I mixed up any metaphors.)
Going thru the Suez Canal was one of my life’s HIGHLIGHTS! It’s just SAND on both sides and about every mile there is an army outpost!
Going thru the Suez Canal was one of my life’s HIGHLIGHTS! It’s just SAND on both sides and about every mile there is an army outpost!