Container ship stuck in Suez Canal Freed

Washington Examiner ^ | 3/29/2021 | Mike Brest

[SaxxonWoods]

“It is with utmost pleasure that we can confirm that the #Suez Canal Authority and staff have succeeded in re-floating M/V EVER GIVEN. She is currently underway to Great Bitter Lake. More information will follow on our profile. M/V EVER GIVEN is no longer #grounded,” the Leth Agencies said.

[minnesota_bound]

Free my ship!! sayeth Moses.
So it was done when God brought a supermoon which raised the water level.

[Dr. Franklin]

Not enough water in the canal? Water levels too low to admit that ship? Rising sea levels ain’t so everywhere? (theories)

Considering that the canal is open to the sea at both ends and has no locks, the water level should remain fairly constant, adjusting for the tides. The Ever Given got stuck a few days before the full moon, so the low tide level shouldn't have been extreme.

[drop 50 and fire for effect]

That lesson was learned back in 1967. The Suez Canal was blocked by mines, destroyed bridges, and two armies facing each other from 1967 to 1975. The U.S. and everyone else adapted. The cost was an extra 15 days per ship to get from the Indian Ocean to the Med. The Suez Canal is not a necessity, it is nice to have, makes life easier for maritime trade, makes naval movement easier, but when push comes to shove we can live without it. The DoD has long thought about how to mitigate its closure.

[DownInFlames]

More like the canal has not been maintained by Egypt through dredging.

[Kickass Conservative]

After the Ship was freed, Tony Beets and his Wife joined Mike Lindell and toured Giza to see where the Cotton from their Bedsheets came from.

[Hootowl99]

The two huge tugs as you call them are ocean going anchor handling ships that work offshore oil fields such as the North Sea. It’s a pretty good chance they sailed from Scotland or Norway.

[Rebelbase]

What's old might become new again.

[Rebelbase]

Imagine the havoc if a bad actor blew out the bottom of a large ship transiting the Panama Canal.

[Rio]

You can watch Suez traffic “live.” Definitely backed up...

https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/SUEZ-CANAL-AIS/ship-traffic-tracker

[Cajun Sunset]

https://babylonbee.com/news/blockage-cleared-ships-moving-at-record-speed-as-chick-fil-a-workers-put-in-charge-of-suez-canal

[kvanbrunt2]

Get ahold of two or five. I think it would be easy. Unarmed somaolis take them now. Plug Suez, Panama, and strait of hormuz, and a few other big ports. LA, Plug Chesepeake at bridge (Military), C&D and Delaware Bay.

[discostu]

And during hot times we won’t use the canals anyway. Putting a carrier group through those things would just make a shoot gallery, all spread out, no defensive perimeter, no room to maneuver. The canals are for peace time operation.

[Fido969]

It’s more than just sinking a ship in the canal, this ship was grounded across the entire canal.

[woodbutcher1963]

Lloyds of London will probably take the hit.

They insure all of these big ocean going ships.

[woodbutcher1963]

Years ago I read a fictional book about the crew of one of these large ocean salvage tug boats. They literally might have come from half way around the world to pull this vessel off the sand.

The story I read was about a cruise ship that ran aground in Antarctica. They abandoned the ship and the race was on to be the first tug to get there and attach a rope/chain to the abandoned vessel and declare Lloyd's Open Salvage rights to the ship.

[DoodleDawg]

They insure all of these big ocean going ships.

For property. Do they do liability as well?

[woodbutcher1963]

I assume. I am not sure. I do not think too many insurance companies out there insure vessels worth hundreds of millions of dollar or MORE. Maybe Billion, I have not purchased a 600+ container vessel in awhile. (sarc)

[DoodleDawg]

Well you have a ship owned by a company in one country, leased to a corporation in a second country, flagged in a third country, managed by a company in a fourth country, running aground if a fifth country. Figuring who has jurisdiction on this one is going to take years.

[Dr. Franklin]

Lloyds of London will probably take the hit. They insure all of these big ocean going ships.

Maybe. They may have a claim against someone. I assume that any claims related to the canal authority or its pilots would need to be filed in Egypt, and knowing the region, I doubt the Suez Canal Authority will be found liable for anything. If the ship's owners are at fault, that could be filed in an admiralty court in another country, like Panama where the Ever Given is flagged.

[woodbutcher1963]

So, your saying Maritime Lawyers are going to have a lot of billable hours.