Posted on 03/28/2021 4:18:54 PM PDT by amorphous
With the costs of the closure of one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries growing by the day, salvage teams hoped on Sunday to take advantage of the full moon and swelling tides to dislodge the giant cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal.
Late Saturday, tugboat drivers sounded their horns in celebration of the most visible sign of progress since the ship ran aground late Tuesday:
The 220,000-ton Ever Given had moved.
Granted, it did not go far — just two degrees, or about 100 feet, according to shipping officials. But that came on top of progress in the days before, when canal officials said dredgers had managed to dig out the rear of the ship, freeing its rudder.
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That was my first thought. It’s still playing out. Nothing surprises me anymore. I hope it never does.
Yeah inertia means standing still or moving.
In Maritime Law, if the company fires the captain over this, they are admitting full blame. The company will try to declare Force Majeur (overwhelming force, the wind, Act of God)), to reduce their liability.
The’re screwed.
Sounds like a job for Cold Fusion
From the image, there is something along the banks, alright.
They are on the metric system.
It seems easy, but it is a monumental task. It is nearly impossible to even try to unload the ship. It carries up to 20,000 containers.
Good One!
I know the definition of inertial. I’m just sarcastic because you mention inertial while disregarding her actual displacement in your estimate. But yes, inertial should be considered. It’s one of the more known factors, except for the mud that will move with her, once she starts moving. And since we’ve got all day, week, or month to winch her free, what is your estimate of additional force required to overcome inertia in moving her, say 100 yards, within the time frames mentioned?
This is a suezmax ship...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suezmax
from link:
The typical deadweight of a Suezmax ship is about 160,000 tons and typically has a beam (width) of 77.49 m (254.2 ft). Also of note is the maximum head room—”air draft”—limitation of 68 m (223.1 ft), resulting from the 70 metres (230 ft) height above water of the Suez Canal Bridge.
The reliability of the canal has been seriously brought into question. More shippers will choose to go the longer, but assured, way around Africa.
Losers are: Egypt, and eastern Mediterranean port countries, Italy, Greece, Syria, etc.
Winners are shipbuilders, oil producing countries, western Mediterranean and Atlantic port countries.
“She weighs 240,000 metric tons”
Displaces or weighs? There’s a big difference.
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I agree. Offloading would be a huge task. But maybe just enough so that she floats free. Something our engineers should be able to calculate. Another problem would be getting enough barges and the cranes in place. Doing so would take some time.
Can you explain that one to me?
Mr. Archimedes thought there wasn't any difference and in two thousand years no one has proved him wrong.
Let’s hope this “accident” doesn’t lead to the “other” kind of fusion we’ve developed.
Her weight and displacement are the same when freely floating. Of course she is now being somewhat supported by sand so her actual displacement is not as great as her weight.
I walked into a enormous warehouse some years ago at the Port of Long Beach. This warehouse had hundreds of beautiful vintage hot rods, vintage corvettes, custom and vintage motorcycles. It was unbelievable. I asked a person employed there what they were doing there, he said they had all been sold and were being prepared to ship off to the far east...Possibly China. I can’t recall the specific destination.
From the track line in the canal you can see where the wind blew the vessel to port, they over corrected and went into the starboard bank. The pilot would have been the one giving the rudder orders.
I read (on another thread) that lightening the ships load (via fuel and cargo) could cause it to capsize....which would be much worse.
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