Ship porn

[StoneRoad]

There must be getting on for 150 ships in those queues by now ...

Suez Canal: Owner of cargo ship blocking waterway apologises - BBC News

That's some loss of face, the skipper is going to have some explaining to do. The Beeb was going with sudden gusts of strong wind driving the ship into the bank. tbh, the inertia alone would have meant a toucher onto the bank, and it is "narrow" there. [not when compared to the Corinth canal]

some pics off the beeb
In pictures: Container ship blocks Egypt's Suez Canal - BBC News

There's not a lot of room to tow that behemoth astern, so digging the bows out will have to be part of the rescue plan,
and then the bank will need repairing (it has rip-rap / armour to protect against the wash from passing vessels)
Once it is re-opened the pilots will have to ensure that the ships keep to the speed limits and their booked slots to pass each other as planned, if "a little" late (hopefully, every one will be patient).

 

[StoneRoad]

Fo shizzle.

there's still quite a bit of ex-bank hiding on the port side, I assume it is out of reach of that tonka toy.

 

[cloudyday]

How many days extra is it to sail around the cape of good hope?

 

[cupid_stunt]

How many days extra is it to sail around the cape of good hope?

A bloody long time, as it 'reduces the journey distance from the Arabian Sea to London, for example, by approximately 8,900 kilometres (5,500 mi)'.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I can't get my head around the 220,000 tonnes figure.

That's a lot of sausages.

Stand next to a 20’ shipping container. Now imagine twenty thousand of them in a big pile.

 

[T & P]

If memory serves, various regional powers have threatened over the decades to block the Suez canel as part of some dispute or other. Kudos therefore to the crew of this ship, for achieving in the blink of an eye what no sovereign State has ever managed to pull off

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The wild logistics of getting a giant cargo ship out of the Suez Canal

For a third day, the Ever Given is stuck in one of the world’s most vital waterways. This is how the vessel – and global trade – can be salvaged

www.wired.co.uk

 

[TopCat]

The wild logistics of getting a giant cargo ship out of the Suez Canal

For a third day, the Ever Given is stuck in one of the world’s most vital waterways. This is how the vessel – and global trade – can be salvaged

www.wired.co.uk

A decent report that.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

A decent report that.

Yeah, I’d not realised the danger of it floating in the middle but being stuck at each end - the whole thing then effectively sagging and breaking up

 

[TopCat]

Yeah, I’d not realised the danger of it floating in the middle but being stuck at each end - the whole thing then effectively sagging and breaking up

The containers floating about, bursting open and shiny stuff spilling out would be interesting. The whole suez area is massively controlled by the military but it would stil be a powerful draw for fun loving skint Egyptians.

 

[dessiato]

There must be getting on for 150 ships in those queues by now ...

Suez Canal: Owner of cargo ship blocking waterway apologises - BBC News

That's some loss of face, the skipper is going to have some explaining to do. The Beeb was going with sudden gusts of strong wind driving the ship into the bank. tbh, the inertia alone would have meant a toucher onto the bank, and it is "narrow" there. [not when compared to the Corinth canal]

some pics off the beeb
In pictures: Container ship blocks Egypt's Suez Canal - BBC News

There's not a lot of room to tow that behemoth astern, so digging the bows out will have to be part of the rescue plan,
and then the bank will need repairing (it has rip-rap / armour to protect against the wash from passing vessels)
Once it is re-opened the pilots will have to ensure that the ships keep to the speed limits and their booked slots to pass each other as planned, if "a little" late (hopefully, every one will be patient).

A friend of mine, MN officer, was saying it was blacked out, then hit by a strong wind. As he said a ship that size, with no power, then broadsided is going to do exactly as it wants.

 

[planetgeli]

A friend of mine, MN officer, was saying it was blacked out, then hit by a strong wind. As he said a ship that size, with no power, then broadsided is going to do exactly as it wants.

They've denied a loss of power. They might be lying for whatever reason but they've made a point of denying loss of power.

Bernhard Schulte denied early reports that the vessel had lost power, saying: “Initial investigations rule out any mechanical or engine failure as a cause of the grounding.”

The ship had two pilots from Egypt’s canal authority onboard to guide it when the grounding happened at about 7.45am on Tuesday, the company said. It said all 25 crew were safe and there had been no reports of injuries or pollution.


How a container ship blocked the Suez canal – visual guide
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Evergreen Marine Corp said the Ever Given had been overcome by strong winds as it entered the canal from the Red Sea. An Egyptian official who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity similarly blamed strong wind.

 

[kebabking]

If you ever wondered what a gangfuck looked like from space...

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

If you ever wondered what a gangfuck looked like from space...

Istanbul no longer the only place with a bridge between two continents

 

[T & P]

If you ever wondered what a gangfuck looked like from space...

The satellite image might be hi-res, not but hi-res enough to see the lone plucky little excavator trying to restore the world's trade

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The satellite image might be hi-res, not but hi-res enough to see the lone plucky little excavator trying to restore the world's trade

Nor the two Egyptian pilots slinking off, whistling nonchalantly....

 

[pseudonarcissus]

If memory serves, various regional powers have threatened over the decades to block the Suez canel as part of some dispute or other. Kudos therefore to the crew of this ship, for achieving in the blink of an eye what no sovereign State has ever managed to pull off

The Suez Canal closed in 1967 after the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt. This time, the waterway was shut to all traffic for eight straight years, until 1975.

 

[StoneRoad]

How many days extra is it to sail around the cape of good hope?

a lot ...

assume your ship can maintain 15 knots 24 hours a day, that's 360 miles a day, I think.
5,500 miles via Cape of Good Hope would take at least 15 days and a lot of bunker fuel.

e2a i don't think that's right, - it doesn't allow for any difference between day / night sailing, deviations, stops or weather events.

 

[Crispy]

Salvage company reckons it'll take weeks O_O

Suez Canal could be blocked for weeks by 'beached whale' ship

A huge container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a "beached whale" may take weeks to free, the salvage company said, as officials stopped all ships entering the channel on Thursday in a new setback for global trade.

www.reuters.com

I am reminded of this excellent article from 2008 all about the ocean salvage business. Soft Men need not apply.

High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace

When a freighter packed with cargo worth $103 million flipped onto its side in the North Pacific, a motley salvage team got the call to save it.

www.wired.com

 

[Artaxerxes]

there's still quite a bit of ex-bank hiding on the port side, I assume it is out of reach of that tonka toy.

Yeah that diggers not going to be able to dig underwater

 

[spitfire]

This is Big Boat.

This is Big Boat’s important job.

Every day, Big Boat carries big boxes in the water to the other side of the world.

Big Boat steers the boxes through huge waves and under giant bridges.

She keeps the boxes safe through the scary seas.

This is her work.

cont....

Oh No! Big Boat Is Stuck | Defector

This is Big Boat. This is Big Boat’s important job. Every day, Big Boat carries big boxes in the water to the other side of the world. Big Boat steers the boxes through huge waves and under giant bridges. She keeps the boxes safe through the scary seas. This is her work. But Big Boat […]

defector.com

 

[hitmouse]

 

[planetgeli]

They're already talking of 'higher tides next week'.

And cargo off taking weeks if that fails.

The name of this ship is going to be a quiz question in the future. And everyone is going to get it wrong by saying the 'Evergreen'.

 

[kebabking]

You know it makes sense...

 

[pseudonarcissus]

And cargo off taking weeks if that fails.

that takes bloody ages....and the lighter containers are on top

 

[existentialist]

Perhaps Digger Man could start a bypass?

 

[spitfire]

Perhaps Digger Man could start a bypass?

Lateral thinking there. Love it.

 

[teuchter]

It seems a little surprising that the Suez canal didn't have an emergency plan already prepared for this kind of situation. Or did they? It seems like the sort of thing you might worry about, if you were operating a canal through which pass hundreds of massive ships that only just fit.

 

[existentialist]

Lateral thinking there. Love it.

Literally lateral thinking.

 

[existentialist]

It seems a little surprising that the Suez canal didn't have an emergency plan already prepared for this kind of situation. Or did they? It seems like the sort of thing you might worry about, if you were operating a canal through which pass hundreds of massive ships that only just fit.

Their error was in not having you involved in the contingency planning.