Right now there’s a very stressed captain causing a multi $million ($billion?) traffic jam in the Suez canal

Update: still stuck.

How big is this #SuezCanal plug? Ultra big.

MV #EVERGIVEN
Size: 400m long / 59m wide
Gross tonnage: 219,079
Capacity: 20,388 TEUs (20ft container equivalents).

One of the largest container ships in operation. pic.twitter.com/rJunpJrAKE

— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 23, 2021

Also: forget #iceroadtruckers, marine salvage YouTube is where it’s at.

I completely agree with that. I somehow went down a marine salvage hole on YouTube and it was fascinating.

Well, there’s always the scenic route…

Anyone know if they’ve set up detour signs either end?

Well, there’s always the scenic route…

Anyone know if they’ve set up detour signs either end?

It can’t be worse than the diversion when the Forth Bridges are shut. And they can just roll the windows up as they go past Somalia.

I like that you can see the angle on marinetraffic.com 😬

Just noticed the map with the other delayed ships, can’t help but think they should get all the other traffic through before they let the Stone 1 try, that’s just asking for trouble.

Full speed sideways!

It’s the ickle digger at the bow (look at the twitter photo) that makes me raise a smile. That boat is blimmin huge!

Oh dear!

NARRATOR: the all-important #SuezCanal lets ships bypass the historically treacherous Horn of Africa…

… to mariners, canal officials have a historic reputation for 'appreciating' cartons of cigarettes…earning it the nickname "Marlboro Canal" pic.twitter.com/TXmC6v5nje

— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 23, 2021

Look at its route as it lifted anchor and steamed into the canal 🙂

“You’re gonna need a smaller boat.”

@martinhutch ha ha you read my mind.

Anyone remember when a (smaller) boat got stuck in a river near Sutton Bridge? One end wedged on each bank.
Then the tide went out and it snapped!

This is going to be fun, I’ve potentially got containers stuck behind that due into Genoa, Girona, Le havre and Rotterdam in the next month.

Anyone remember when a (smaller) boat got stuck in a river near Sutton Bridge? One end wedged on each bank.
Then the tide went out and it snapped!

Even by Sutton Bridge standards that’s impressive!

Oh jesus christ, it’s the poor buggers piling up in the Red Sea I feel for, nobody should have to endure that!

That’s my GRX groupset delayed again!

Allegedly the ickle digger is there as the prow is buried in the underbank – the ship had a power blackout, drifted to the right and buried the nose in the bank then the stern drifted round

https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1374597391463120896/photo/2

I have dinghy and 2hp outboard if they want a tow?

I don’t pretend to know anything about ships and such, but watching this cluster **** unfold has been fascinating.

I wouldn’t want to be involved in the debrief! “So Captain, this gust of wind then…”

Anyone remember when a (smaller) boat got stuck in a river near Sutton Bridge? One end wedged on each bank.
Then the tide went out and it snapped!

I live about a mile from where this happened and was interested enough to read the report, apparently the crew just climbed down a ladder, walked away from it, and disappeared!

“Boys, we’re gonna need a longer rope…!”

“How many tugs do you need?”

“Yes”

“How many tugs do you need?”

“Yes”

I think the bigger issue is what is going on below the waterline – the bulbous Bow looks well buried in the canal bank, and as i understand it the canal is quite shallow in places – so possible the vessel is partially grounded.
I’m not exactly sure how shallow the canal is, but i know some UK Navy Destroyers have issues with seawater pumps hoovering up sand off the bottom whilst transiting through the canal.

This could take weeks to sort out, particularly if they need to unload it…

Westlife can still claim the worst Evergreen disaster in history, though.

bike parts to go up another 50% then

The scale here is just so epic. If tugs don’t work options seem to run out pretty quickly. Even unloading would be an epic problem.

Will probably need a dredger.

Lightering the containers is very difficult from a vessel that size.

There also a knock on for the other container ships, they run to a tight schedule and disruption to the slot for their port calls has a chain effect.

The scale here is just so epic. If tugs don’t work options seem to run out pretty quickly. Even unloading would be an epic problem.

Just leave it there and dig a new canal next door.

Wait until high tide and pull. Unload if that doesn’t work.

Prob is breaking the static friction.

Just leave it there and dig a new canal next door.

Probably be quicker than the other options!!

Can you imagine the phone call from the Captain to HQ……

not much tide there and its in the middle of neaps. spring tide in about 4-5 days might give them another 1/2 metre at high tide.

Ooh, I know the answer to this one! They just need to let the air out of the tyres or something…..

Bet Elon Musk pipes up with a ‘solution’ soon.

“How many tugs do you need?”

“Yes”

Reminds me of the famous Leon line, which we use quite a lot at work. What do you mean bring me everyone?

thols2
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Just leave it there and dig a new canal next door.

That’s what the little 360’s doing.

Surround with coffer dam. Pump in water. Refloat. Straighten up. Lower water. Remove coffer.

It is easy when you type it.

They just need to flush all their loos at once. Bosh! Sortedaahh