Posted on 03/28/2021 7:34:26 PM PDT by algore
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...
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.
A steel coffer dam, or other material for such a temporary dam. That has been one of the traditional, or old, ways.
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.
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.
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. :^)
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.
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