Posted on 03/29/2021 9:05:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I’m still not clear on how it got stuck. Did the canal pilot just drive into the bank, was there some kind of mechanical failure, or did a Biden-falling-up-the-stairs-three-times-strength wind knock it into the bank?
“. They spell ever given “Evergreen”
Nope.
Noticing the anti-fouling paint water lines are different - starboard vs port sides.
Ship stem might last a bit longer with some chipping and scraping . . . Current stem has a lot of corrosion.
The bulbous bow:
https://thenavalarch.com/the-bulbous-bow-a-primer/
https://www.marineinsight.com/naval-architecture/types-of-bow-designs-used-for-ships/
bttt
Ever Given is the name of the vessel.
Evergreen is the name of the shipping line.
“saw a report on this ship that it had hit a tour boat before”
It’s called the laws of gross tonnage. Usually smaller craft get out the way but ever now and again there’s a tour boat that doesn’t feel the need to observe those unquestioning laws, and then... they suffer the consequences of the laws of gross tonnage.
There’s also another law that dumbass pleasure boat owners are required to completely ignore weather warnings before they go out... with full confidence that the Coast Guard will just come on out and rescue (bag & tag) the carnage dashed upon the rocks and shoals.
I believe those are the same tugs they use to tow oil drilling rigs out into the North Sea.
They are ocean going salvage tugs. They were probably dispatched the day this ship went aground. It probably took them four or five days to get there. I would love to see what the bill would be for those tugs.
For millennia, no viable water route existed between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Goods from India and China, which easily made the sea transit to East Africa and Arabia, had to travel over land via the Silk Road...
Nonsense.
Nobody ever thought of sailing around Africa for thousands of years?...............
Bartholomeu Dias in 1488.
They had a Local Captain which is customary.
They also had the Reg Captain...I believe he was Indian.
Don't believe it was either Captain's fault....
Wind blowing at 30-40 knots...Visibility lowered...
And that tall of a ship act's like a sail.
Sheet happens.....
Heck, it was the most good clean fun we’ve had in a year.
Everyone could enjoy it and participate.
I’ll miss it.
While I am sure some pirates have thought about hi-jacking a container ship, the odds of failure far outreach the odds of success. To start with a few rubber zodiacs are not gonna stop one of those behemoth ships. And if they were successful at stopping it, their prize hunting would be limited to the containers on each end on the ship. The containers open on the vertical ends making those in the middle of each row and column generally inaccessible.
To me that sounds like a lot of work for not a lot of reward. Just think: you steal a zodiac, steal some guns, stalk a zillion ton container ship and force it to let you on-board. Then you crack open the end of the first container and find ... 12,000 Easter Bunny dolls made in China.
An Egyptian was piloting the ship... So, nothing to be suspicious here...
Snicker...
Due to BRI/MSR I would expect Chinese traffic to Russian Black Sea ports and Venice to only increase.
wow
[An Egyptian was piloting the ship... So, nothing to be suspicious here...]
Did he say “I put my trust in Allah” before turning off the engines and pushing the yoke down? /cough
If you were a citizen of the world, and aware, you could suspect that Suez pilots are Egyptian and thus not snicker without cause
Sorry, I neglected to tell you that I had already taken over a small African port with a cargo container crane run by 1000 child soldiers. Free cars and electronics for everyone!
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