Posted on 03/28/2021 7:34:26 PM PDT by algore
Hopes have been raised that the cargo ship could be freed today after emergency crews were ordered to start offloading containers. Experts previously budged its stern and get its rudder and propeller working.
The Dutch-flagged Alp Guard and the Italian-flagged Carlo Magno, which were called in to work alongside tugboats already on scene, reached the Red Sea near the city of Suez earlier today.
They will now help nudge the Ever Given as dredgers continue to vacuum up sand from underneath the vessel and mud caked to its port side. They have so far shifted 27,000 cubic metres of sand around the ship to reach a depth of 60ft (18m) , the authority said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Now that they are removing water and fuel, even more so. The CG has been raised up higher.
The total for a ship going through the Suez is $700,000? That’s a lot of money going down the drain... and there’s starting to be backups in the great bitter lake region...
...and serves as the most direct route for ships traveling between Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It typically sees an average of over 50 transits a day
They are not losing that much money, more like most of the money is delayed, kinda like the Stimulus check
they may lose some from ships that take the long way, but the ins co for Evergreen will compensate them for that
No contingency plans?
It's the age-old Tombstone Technology where nothing changes until enough people die. It's amateur and completely reactionary.
How long isn’t the question, but how WIDE do you make it since that’s the El Capitain’s plotted course of His choice...
“ The total for a ship going through the Suez is $700,000?”
I have read that on multiple sources.
I was a bit surprised by that high of a toll.
I mean, that’s a whole lot of quarters to throw into that basket at the toll booth.
😂
I was talking time....not distance :-)
Do you think trying to get that YUGE excavation equipment.....and, trying to build ANOTHER canal....is even a feasible idea?
That’s what the poster I replied to was suggesting.
Maybe they just use gold (hopefully) kilo bars.
http://www.local1259iaff.org/disaster.html
The Texas City Disaster
April 16, 1947
The morning of 16 April 1947 dawned clear and crisp, cooled by a brisk north wind. Just before 8:00 A.M., longshoremen removed the hatch covers on Hold 4 of the French Liberty ship Grandcamp as they prepared to load the remainder of a consignment of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Some 2,300 tons were already onboard, 880 of which were in the lower part of Hold 4. The remainder of the ship’s cargo consisted of large balls of sisal twine, peanuts, drilling equipment, tobacco, cotton, and a few cases of small ammunition. No special safety precautions were in focus at the time.
Several longshoremen descended into the hold and waited for the first pallets holding the 100-pound packages to be hoisted from dockside. Soon thereafter, someone smelled smoke. A plume was observed rising between the cargo holds and the ships hull, apparently about seven or eight layers of sacks down. Neither a gallon jug of drinking water nor the contents of two fire extinguishers supplied by crew members seemed to do much good. As the fire continued to grow, someone lowered a fire hose, but the water was not turned on. Since the area was filling fast with smoke, the longshoremen were ordered out of the hold.
While Leonard Boswell, the gang foreman, and Peter Suderman, superintendent of stevedores, discussed what action to take, the master, or captain, of the Grandcamp appeared and stated in intelligible English that he did not want to put out the fire with water because it would ruin the cargo. Instead, he elected to suppress the flames by having the hatches battened and covered with tarpaulins, the ventilators closed, and the steam system turned on. At the masters request, stevedores started removing cases of small arms ammunition from Hold 5 as a precautionary measure. As the fire grew, the increased heat forced the stevedores and some crew members to leave the ship. The Grandcamp’s whistle sounded an alarm that was quickly echoed by the siren of the Texas City Terminal Railway Company. despite a strike by the telephone workers, Suderman, seriously concerned by now, managed to reach the Fire Department and then called Galveston for a fire boat.
Full story at link above.
It apparently is now out of the canal.
https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/EVER-GIVEN-IMO-9811000-MMSI-353136000
Since I know very little on this subject a curiosity... what would happen if several other super ships came down the canal? Would it be possible to displace enough water by their large displacement as to effectively lift the troubled ship?
Just curious.
Did you zoom in? It’s still at an angle in the canal.
Ever Given in the Suez Canal now afloat: Everything you need to know
The Ever Given is finally afloat, according to shipping company Inchcape.
https://www.cnet.com/news/ever-given-in-the-suez-canal-now-afloat-everything-you-need-to-know/
Cut their losses. Destroy the ship and clear the debris enough from the channel for the backlog of ships to start moving through the canal again.
It is a small price to pay to offset the huge expenses and losses that are mounting up by letting the ship block the passage.
Remember Oregon
“Do you think trying to get that YUGE excavation equipment.....and, trying to build ANOTHER canal....is even a feasible idea?”
LOL. Of course it’s a ridiculous idea but I love these threads. Entertaining.
I gave the most up to date position of the vessel.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.