Ever Given - The ship stuck in the Suez Canal

[Crankitup]

They're currently offloading containers to lighten it in the hope it will make it easier to free. Some commentators are suggesting it's still going to take weeks to sort this out.

Here's a novel approach ...

I Figured Out How to Free the Stuck Ship in the Suez Canal

Here's what we do: We winch it, off-road style. But not from land. Because the biggest winch of all is right there on the ship.

www.caranddriver.com

 

[Hawk Dork]

When they do finally get it unblocked all the ships that are stuck all stream towards their port of destination on mass and there is no where to dock and unload

 

[Crankitup]

When they do finally get it unblocked all the ships that are stuck all stream towards their port of destination on mass and there is no where to dock and unload

Will have to initiate a holding pattern like they do at airports.

 

[Power Raid]

Is it time two channels are built?

it’s a little crazy it has been done, given the risks like this

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Billy Joel was right.

 

[Crankitup]

Billy Joel was right.

Boom boom.

 

[Crankitup]

Never knew this.

"It costs a container ship US$700,000 to go through the canal, which is just under A$1 million – and you thought toll roads were bad. The ships’ captains are delighted to pay it though, because they are carrying tens of millions of dollars worth of stuff and burn thousands of litres a of fuel each day, so getting there faster is well worth it."

How Suez Canal disaster could impact Australian trade

The recovery of the world’s wealth and welfare from the pandemic is newly at risk with news the MV EVER GIVEN is thoroughly wedged into the Suez Canal – and the major trade route could now be blocked for weeks.

www.news.com.au

 

[sprockets]

Is it time two channels are built?

it’s a little crazy it has been done, given the risks like this

Maybe one govt channel and one free to air?

 

[Power Raid]

Never knew this.

"It costs a container ship US$700,000 to go through the canal, which is just under A$1 million – and you thought toll roads were bad. The ships’ captains are delighted to pay it though, because they are carrying tens of millions of dollars worth of stuff and burn thousands of litres a of fuel each day, so getting there faster is well worth it."

How Suez Canal disaster could impact Australian trade

The recovery of the world’s wealth and welfare from the pandemic is newly at risk with news the MV EVER GIVEN is thoroughly wedged into the Suez Canal – and the major trade route could now be blocked for weeks.

www.news.com.au

Shipping is an expensive business

Mostly run by cartels

 

[Crankitup]

Is it time two channels are built?

it’s a little crazy it has been done, given the risks like this

Considering the billions the Eqyptians make from it every year you would think they could have built another by now to allow for two way traffic 24/7, increasing how much they make for the fees for passage.

EDIT: Scratch that it looks like they've already done that.

Obviously where the Evergreen is stuck is one of the places where they haven't yet built a second lane?

What the expansion of the Suez Canal shows about shifts in global shipping

There’s an ever-increasing demand for more shipping routes and it’s taking its toll on the planet.

theconversation.com

 

[Power Raid]

Considering the billions the Eqyptians make from it every year you would think they could have built another by now to allow for two way traffic 24/7, increasing how much they make for the fees for passage.

Especially given the nationalised it from the rightful owners

 

[revo333]

If you stood the ever given upright it would be taller than any building in Australia, crazy!

 

[Power Raid]

If you stood the ever given upright it would be taller than any building in Australia, crazy!

60m wide that's about 5 times wider than a war ship

 

[Over The Post]

They're currently offloading containers to lighten it in the hope it will make it easier to free. Some commentators are suggesting it's still going to take weeks to sort this out.
Here's a novel approach ...

Slight technical hitch being the windlass is only rated for the dead weight of the anchor plus cable in the worst case scenario, anchor dropped in water too deep to reach the bottom. Dragging 220,000 tons sideways? Gravity is a bitch.

They can't back up other ships and try to pull it out, their screws will churn up the bottom and pump more sand underneath the ship, which is the last thing you want.

Once it breaks suction it *might* move a bit easier if they can keep it going.

I look forward to the youtube video in a few months showing us the engineering dramas they have to go through to shift the damn thing.

 

[Hawk Dork]

You need to get a 10 story crane to lift the boxes
You then need somewhere to put those boxes
Then hope it bobs up enough to spin it around

I reckon the just keep digging and get a a few more tugs in on both sides
Get one of those Island building dredges the Chinese used to dig a big enough pool to turn in

 

[MatthewB]

 

[Pistol Night]

If you stood the ever given upright it would be taller than any building in Australia, crazy!

The campaigners can’t even steer it let alone stand it up

 

[Nothing]

The campaigners can’t even steer it let alone stand it up

Maybe that's what the captain was trying to do

 

[Crankitup]

320 ships queued up now.

 

[MarcMaverick]

The Suez Canal would need some serious laxatives right now. Or at least some Metamucil.

 

[revo333]

320 ships queued up now.

And there are fears pirates are going to try to take over ships that are waiting around.

 

[Gough]

Some of the ships stuck in the queue have already given up waiting and are headed for the Cape.

 

[Over The Post]

They'll look like dicks when they're 1000 miles south and there's a loud sucking sound as the Everwhatever is plucked out of the banks.

OTOH they could be prescient and be happily in Europe while the boys from Smit are still scratching their heads over how to get the ******* thing moved.

I wonder how many ships will be going through at once as soon as it is cleared?

 

[Gough]

They'll look like dicks when they're 1000 miles south and there's a loud sucking sound as the Everwhatever is plucked out of the banks.

OTOH they could be prescient and be happily in Europe while the boys from Smit are still scratching their heads over how to get the ******* thing moved.

I wonder how many ships will be going through at once as soon as it is cleared?

On the turps for a few weeks in Capetown then up to Mauritius for a while if I was Skipper.

 

[74561347]

if they just invented a boat with wings this wouldnt be an issue