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Salvage Efforts Continue in Suez
Reuters ^ | 03-27-2021 | Ahmed & Omar Fahmy

Posted on 03/27/2021 9:49:34 AM PDT by em2vn

SUEZ, Egypt, March 27 (Reuters) – Efforts to dislodge a giant container ship blocking the Suez Canal had allowed its stern and rudder to move on Saturday, but it remained unclear when it could be refloated, the head of the canal authority said.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; containers; economicwar; economy; egypt; eussr; evergiven; evergreen; fourthreich; jamesbond007; opec; redchina; sabotage; ships; suez; suezcanal; taiwan; tradewar
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Prices will soar on commodities for each day the canal is blocked.
1 posted on 03/27/2021 9:49:34 AM PDT by em2vn
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This was obviously a deliberate act and yet we hear nothing more about that act.

Makes me believe the US “intelligence agencies”/KGB were involved.


2 posted on 03/27/2021 9:53:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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To: em2vn

$9.5 BILLION a day in delays.


3 posted on 03/27/2021 9:58:54 AM PDT by ridesthemiles ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Yes, deliberate. My money is on Navy Seals. YMMV.

And, here, we see this Evergreen blocking a canal, now affecting a highway. (Taiwan, I think)


4 posted on 03/27/2021 10:01:11 AM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FBUXFzcGwB_I%2Fhqdefault.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBUXFzcGwB_I&tbnid=iFhbmaldEzdoqM&vet=12ahUKEwiA5uiH-tDvAhVQ0VMKHdGWBREQMygCegUIARCKAQ..i&docid=NZdRVZIiZPuTGM&w=480&h=360&itg=1&q=patton%20clears%20the%20bridge&hl=en-US&client=firefox-b-1-d&ved=2ahUKEwiA5uiH-tDvAhVQ0VMKHdGWBREQMygCegUIARCKAQ

Patton clears the bridge in Sicily.

5 posted on 03/27/2021 10:04:14 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Maybe our ‘intelligence’ people are so incompetent they don’t know what’s going on ... they’re pretty busy fighting against traditional American citizens right now... I mean who knows - people who broke ONE window and damaged one Congressional door - might raise an army, right?

Maybe ‘intelligence’ should get together with the Pentagon and defend the rights of transsexuals... I mean THAT’S REALLY IMPORTANT... Want a real horror? A 12 year old boy who can’t use the girl’s bathrooms. That’s IMPORTANT. “Yale boys play bridge and screw each other - Havana...”

Who gives a damn about the energy life blood of the United State and Europe? Come on, man...

The good news? Biden hasn’t had a chance to destroy all of the energy independence Trump created... yet. WE can survive this next disaster.


6 posted on 03/27/2021 10:14:45 AM PDT by GOPJ (And at first Jews thought Hitler was only talking about the “bad Jews” and not them- dfwgator.)
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To: C210N

That is really good. Best post of all the Evergreen posts:)


8 posted on 03/27/2021 10:16:14 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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A ship big enough that it can block the Suez for days and be very hard to dislodge, perhaps should not have been allowed in the canal in the first place.

I will not be surprised to see size restrictions imposed after this.


9 posted on 03/27/2021 10:18:57 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: em2vn

Are there helicopters that could offload cargo, thereby lowering the mass displaced? Could a temp crane be erected?


10 posted on 03/27/2021 10:19:35 AM PDT by Seaplaner
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
This was obviously a deliberate act and yet we hear nothing more about that act.

The ship lost power and winds blew it into the bank. No need to concoct James Bond scenarios without evidence.

11 posted on 03/27/2021 10:20:43 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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https://nypost.com/2021/03/24/cargo-ship-drew-penis-before-getting-stuck-in-suez-canal/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/14442468/cargo-ship-drew-giant-peni-red-sea-suez-canal/

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cargo-ship-ever-given-penis/


12 posted on 03/27/2021 10:24:15 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Anti-racism looks suspiciously like racism.)
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Sandstorm, induced by high winds, I agree, Stuff happens. Oh well, FR lives and so do a lot of contrarians.


13 posted on 03/27/2021 10:29:02 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!! In CONgre$$ WE're Disgusted!! NMP!)
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To: Gunslingr3
No need to concoct James Bond scenarios without evidence.”

This is Free Republic. If we were to stop people from posting unsupported opinions and baseless conspiracy theories, this place would be a virtual ghost town.

14 posted on 03/27/2021 10:31:21 AM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: ridesthemiles

>>$9.5 BILLION a day in delays.<<

At that price they could buy sky crane Sikorskis for a single day (then sell them) and airlift in a hundred tugs to push/pull that sucker out of there.

We live in a world of incremental thinkers.


15 posted on 03/27/2021 10:32:55 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of blow bidet and hairass the whore)
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To: Gunslingr3

>>No need to concoct James Bond scenarios without evidence.<<

Do not attribute to conspiracy that which is just stupidity.


16 posted on 03/27/2021 10:34:09 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (No matter what, resist and stop the agenda of blow bidet and hairass the whore)
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To: Gunslingr3
No need to concoct James Bond scenarios without evidence.

The "without evidence" leftist talking point doesn't apply. Bloomberg reports the ship actually sped up as it rammed the bank.

And there are so many contradictions in the reporting you'd think we were back at the Las Vegas mass shooting.

It was the wind. The ship lost its bearings. There weren't any tugboats. There were tugboats, but the wrong kind. Backup tugboats were then sent, but they too weren't powerful enough. There was one earth mover available. The U.S. military is offering aid. It's going to take days to solve. It's going to take weeks to solve. It could be solved by Wednesday. It was investigated. It's going to be investigated. It came from China. Its charted course depicts a vulgar image. It was the wind.

How a Desert Wind Blew $10 Billion of Global Trade Off Course

Cargo ship drew a penis and butt before getting stuck in Suez Canal

17 posted on 03/27/2021 10:34:40 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: em2vn

Another reminder of how delicately balanced our economy and standard of living is, but that fact will be ignored until it crumbles around us.


18 posted on 03/27/2021 10:39:12 AM PDT by Spok (All free men are equal only in their freedom; everything else is up to them.)
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To: em2vn

How long before the left figures out how to use this crisis against us?


19 posted on 03/27/2021 10:43:22 AM PDT by Spok (All free men are equal only in their freedom; everything else is up to them.)
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I know of an outfit that could have that thing off there in two days at the most.

They would helicopter in the equipment to do it.

20 posted on 03/27/2021 10:46:39 AM PDT by crz
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