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Egypt's President loses patience and says the boat must be unloaded if this fails
Daily Mail ^ | Charlotte Mitchell

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 ...


TOPICS: Egypt; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 200000tons; 400000000pounds; canpostlongtitlesnow; egypt; egyptianpilot; evergiven; faketitle; malaysia; netherlands; panama; rotterdam; suezcanal
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To: Meatspace

Maybe the trip costs so much ($700,000) because of the excellent maintenance of the canal - or the superior ‘just in time’ rescue systems installed in event a ship runs aground a sandbar (that never should have been allowed to form...) or something like that...


81 posted on 03/29/2021 1:31:47 PM PDT by GOPJ (https://s3media.247sports.com/Uploads/Assets/21/315/10315021.jpeg?width=600&fit=bounds)
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To: SunkenCiv

TinyURL

https://tinyurl.com/app


82 posted on 03/30/2021 5:43:18 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

this also works

https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9811000


83 posted on 03/30/2021 7:44:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thank you. I did not know, that such a website existed.

ETA for *MV Ever Given* now shows arrival at Rotterdam, Netherlands, at 0200 local time, March 31.

That would be a miracle.


84 posted on 03/30/2021 11:56:41 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Steven Tyler

A steel coffer dam, or other material for such a temporary dam. That has been one of the traditional, or old, ways.


85 posted on 03/30/2021 12:09:15 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Steven Tyler

BTW, I saw 1 photo of the ship, taken a short while after the ship had rammed into the east bank of the canal.

I am not certain, but from that photo, it appeared that the bulbous, submerged bow portion was entirely buried into that side of the canal.

In another photo, I noticed that there is some portion of clay mixed with the sand along the bank. I wondered if that clay was brought in, over the years, or a natural part of the “soil” around there.


86 posted on 03/30/2021 12:15:22 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

Someone around here posted a different site, that gave the lat/long coordinates, which was nice, but required the step of going to Google maps and formatting the inquiry just right. The link in this topic came from someone’s post elsewhere (not on FR), I forget where, and also maps the location, pretty nice.


87 posted on 03/30/2021 4:10:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: linMcHlp

Checking just now, looks like the ship is in the smal bitter lake, so yeah, I wholeheartedly agree, not going to make it it Rotterdam by the 31st. :^)


88 posted on 03/30/2021 4:12:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Still situated in the lake.

https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9811000


89 posted on 03/31/2021 9:25:01 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: linMcHlp

I wonder if they’re making them wait until the other backed-up traffic gets through the canal both ways, plus they need time for the investigation of the whole affair, so the ship and crew will be going nowhere until that’s done.


90 posted on 03/31/2021 10:26:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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