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Nextmanup Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I have found this story fascinating since the beginning, and have gone as far as looking at the canal in google map satellite view, finding the exact spot where the ship is blocking the canal to better understand the situation, and so on. A giant ship has become stuck in the mud, it's blocking an important area for world commerce with tremendous negative effect, and no one knows for sure how to best get the damned thing out of there. And it's not going to happen any time soon, either. What a mess, yet so simple at its core. There's a certain beauty to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Nextmanup said: I have found this story fascinating since the beginning, and have gone as far as looking at the canal in google map satellite view, finding the exact spot where the ship is blocking the canal to better understand the situation, and so on. A giant ship has become stuck in the mud, it's blocking an important area for world commerce with tremendous negative effect, and no one knows for sure how to best get the damned thing out of there. And it's not going to happen any time soon, either. What a mess, yet so simple at its core. There's a certain beauty to it. Thing is, it wasn't just the "mud." I read the bow was stuck on rock. FWIW... Not really simple... Try to get it unstuck one way, it gets stuck deeper the other way. Or, like trying to go through a 3 foot door opening with a 5 foot 2x4 length wise. The ship is 300m long, the width of the canal is 203m. Ships are simply getting too big for it... They probably need to dig an emergency lane? 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 You're gonna need a bigger boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/03/29/suez-cargo-ship-ever-given-viral-app-boston-public-library-curator/amp "The enormous cargo ship plugging up the Suez Canal was set free after nearly a week Monday, but now you can customize your own catastrophic global blockage of world trade thanks to a web app made by a staffer at the Boston Public Library. If that floats your boat. Garrett Dash Nelson, a curator at the library’s Leventhal Map & Education Center, whipped up the applet Sunday morning between cups of coffee. It lets you place an aerial image of the Ever Given over satellite imagery anywhere. ..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 😆🤣 "Henry David Thoreau might have had a harder time connecting with nature if the Ever Given was stuck in Walden Pond" —Mark Gartsbeyn / Ever Given Ever Ywhere, Esri, Maxar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 FYI: @BringBackFergy @Gugny I am hard @ work calculating what it would cost Gugny to bring his 16' deep-V boat through the Suez Canal south from the Mediterranean Sea. Let me know if my numbers are correct. Lowest I can enter is 1m draft and 1 ton each for Suez Canal Net Tonnage (SCNT) and 1 ton for Gross Vessel Tonnage (GRT)... https://www.wilhelmsen.com/tollcalculators/suez-toll-calculator/ The bad news is Gug, your transit toll will be: $6,465.38. BUT, the good news is, your dingy qualifies for a 65% rebate! You save: $3,555.96! for a grand total toll of: $2,909.42! Good deal!!!! Happy sailing ⛵💓! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 19 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: FYI: @BringBackFergy @Gugny I am hard @ work calculating what it would cost Gugny to bring his 16' deep-V boat through the Suez Canal south from the Mediterranean Sea. Let me know if my numbers are correct. Lowest I can enter is 1m draft and 1 ton each for Suez Canal Net Tonnage (SCNT) and 1 ton for Gross Vessel Tonnage (GRT)... https://www.wilhelmsen.com/tollcalculators/suez-toll-calculator/ The bad news is Gug, your transit toll will be: $6,465.38. BUT, the good news is, your dingy qualifies for a 65% rebate! You save: $3,555.96! for a grand total toll of: $2,909.42! Good deal!!!! Happy sailing ⛵💓! My dingy is worth much more than that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Just now, Gugny said: My dingy is worth much more than that! It's the 1st time canal transit fee that dings you for $2 grand. The Egyptians don't trust green sailors!😉😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Gugny said: My dingy is worth much more than that! The Middle East doesn’t penalize average Joe’s like you and me for operating a bass boat...unlike our own Government. Try driving a 16’ bass boat through a US canal; lock tenders bellyache all day and start ordering you around. Hoping there’s a good bass population in the Suez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said: The Middle East doesn’t penalize average Joe’s like you and me for operating a bass boat...unlike our own Government. Try driving a 16’ bass boat through a US canal; lock tenders bellyache all day and start ordering you around. Hoping there’s a good bass population in the Suez. 😆... But there's no tolls at any Federal lock in the US! Industry pays the fees for the average Joe. 😉😜😘 Getting ordered around is better free! You can take your chances in Somalia 🇸🇴 or Yemen 🇾🇪! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marv's Neighbor Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 23 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Wasn't the load acting as ballast? Why would there be anything else acting as ballast other than fuel? Balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14544481/egypts-first-female-ships-captain-suez-canal/ Would ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBBills Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 1:20 AM, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14544481/egypts-first-female-ships-captain-suez-canal/ Would ya? Nah I get sea sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/5/2021 at 1:20 AM, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14544481/egypts-first-female-ships-captain-suez-canal/ Would ya? She can trim my jib. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RaoulDuke79 Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 https://jalopnik.com/egypt-to-ever-given-owners-pay-us-1-billion-or-you-ar-1846651458 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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