Ship porn

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[muscovyduck]

They should just put more water in the canal

 

[Tankus]

One man and his digger

Good job it's not urgent or anything

In the captains defense, he is a bit of a dick..... Possibly
The ships tracking before grounding, according to the internetz

Cargo ship drew giant penis in Red Sea before wedging itself in Suez Canal

The ill-fated cargo ship charted a very interesting course through the Red Sea before getting stuck in the Suez Canal.

metro.co.uk

I wonder if that'll come up in the investigation¿

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[TopCat]

How about taking off all the oil and fuel and ballast and filling the hull with helium? Maybe a few balloons?

 

[cupid_stunt]

How about taking off all the oil and fuel and ballast and filling the hull with helium? Maybe a few balloons?

Get onto The Guardian.

 

[muscovyduck]

Have they thought about trying to move the boat

 

[Crispy]

What’s the profile of the bottom of the ship? Is there a diagram?

Container ships are flat bottomed, almost rectangular amidship.

The waterline is about half way up the side when loaded, so something like this:

 

[TopCat]

I was watching some otherwise boring footage of huge container ships doing manoeuvres and the sheer momentum of the vessels was eye opening. The bow and stern (stern?) of this ship could be really wedged in.
I bet they break it.

 

[TopCat]

Container ships are flat bottomed, almost rectangular amidship.
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The waterline is about half way up the side when loaded, so something like this:
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Well that means it’s likely the beached area is huge.

 

[StoneRoad]

Actually, I think there's a dredger / digger barge on the port bow doing the work.
And similar deepening will be needed at the stern, Tidal scouring "might" help or maybe make things worse.

I think the Ever Given will be flat bottomed, no keel to speak of. Basically the hull's a big box with a pointed front end, that the bulbous "wave breaker" that's currently still wedged in the east bank. The blunt end will have the main prop and rudder. If that gets pushed too hard into the sediment near the west bank, potentially, it could be damaged or dislodged.

 

[TopCat]

Actually, I think there's a dredger / digger barge on the port bow doing the work.
And similar deepening will be needed at the stern, Tidal scouring "might" help or maybe make things worse.

I think the Ever Given will be flat bottomed, no keel to speak of. Basically the hull's a big box with a pointed front end, that the bulbous "wave breaker" that's currently still wedged in the east bank. The blunt end will have the main prop and rudder. If that gets pushed too hard into the sediment near the west bank, potentially, it could be damaged or dislodged.

Changing the main bearings on the prop shaft could be tricky.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I was watching some otherwise boring footage of huge container ships doing manoeuvres and the sheer momentum of the vessels was eye opening. The bow and stern (stern?) of this ship could be really wedged in.
I bet they break it.

The stopping distance from full speed of the largest oil tankers is measured in miles

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The sea around the cape of good hope can be a tad unsettled no?

No, you're thinking of Cape Horn at the tip of South America. Here's a factoid for ya: Cape Horn is not named cos on a map it looks a bit like a horn, it was named after the port in Holland where the first explorers/cartographers set off from; Hoorn.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Have they thought about trying to move the boat

Sensible suggestions only please.

 

[Tankus]

While reading about this issue I’ve come across a couple of articles about the plans for a rival canal crossing via Eliat and the Dead Sea, which have been recently gathering pace.

Israel have long had ambitions to build such canal but could not make it work without Saudi Arabia’s collaboration, as the latter has territorial control over two islands any ship wanting to use the canal would have to go through. The recent peace accord between the two nations has suddenly made this not just possible, but a lucrative and politically powerful project to embrace.

It would have some positive effects in the area though; as part of the project the Dead Sea would be replenished with brine/ compatible ph water to stop its rapidly accelerating shrinking. And more importantly, desalination plants would be built and Amman and surrounding areas of Jordan, which are permanently short of water, would be supplied by a new pipeline.

Egypt however is less than happy with the proposal...

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Uh? No mention of the1300ft elevation difference between the sea and down to the dead that's 2600fts worth of locks that can take the volume of a super tanker , could use the drop at both ends to produce electricity I suppose, but the evaporation rate is going to be quickly exceeded. Cost aside.
Better to do a pipe from the Med if they are just interested in replenishment

Shit ton of land to go if leveled off not to mention the population impact

 

[Lancman]

While reading about this issue I’ve come across a couple of articles about the plans for a rival canal crossing via Eliat and the Dead Sea, which have been recently gathering pace.

Israel have long had ambitions to build such canal but could not make it work without Saudi Arabia’s collaboration, as the latter has territorial control over two islands any ship wanting to use the canal would have to go through. The recent peace accord between the two nations has suddenly made this not just possible, but a lucrative and politically powerful project to embrace.

It would have some positive effects in the area though; as part of the project the Dead Sea would be replenished with brine/ compatible ph water to stop its rapidly accelerating shrinking. And more importantly, desalination plants would be built and Amman and surrounding areas of Jordan, which are permanently short of water, would be supplied by a new pipeline.

Egypt however is less than happy with the proposal...

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Around the time that the British and the French were carving up the collapsed Ottoman Empire using the Sykes-Picot Pact another canal was being planned running from the north-east corner of the Mediterranean in the area of Iskenderun to join up with the headwaters of the Euphrates. This would have enabled traffic all the way down through Baghdad to join the Persian Gulf at Kuwait and on to the Far East and Australasia. But we already had the Suez Canal and nothing could go wrong there …..

 

[Tankus]

Didn't see the star , but I was also contemplating mentioning a dog. Lol.... I think I've missed my vocation in life

 

[A380]

At least the Captain of the Costa Concordia was trying to show off to impress a possible future sexual partner when he messed up. Doesn’t sound like the Master and / or pilots in this case had such a good reason for error.

 

[nogojones]

They should just put more water in the canal

Or if they just drove the boat with the front bit facing forward this sort of thing wouldn't be a problem.

 

[TopCat]

The descriptions of the antics of the pilots are quite stereotypical but probably true. More interested in cadging fags and eating than steering the ship.

 

[A380]

Have they tried turning the Suez Canal off and then on again?

 

[Lancman]

At least the Captain of the Costa Concordia was trying to show off to impress a possible future sexual partner when he messed up. Doesn’t sound like the Master and / or pilots in this case had such a good reason for error.

Two pilots on board, always a mistake.

 

[TopCat]

Have they tried turning the Suez Canal off and then on again?

Create a big rush of water, a big wave if you like, that picks up the ship like a body board and sweeps it clear?

 

[TopCat]

Fill the hull with expanding foam.

 

[spitfire]

Get an icebreaker to take a massive run up to it and snap it like a twig.

Add some outboard motors to give the breaker a bit more welly*.



*nautical term, you wouldn't understand.

 

[TopCat]

The pressure is properly on now. I expect the Egyptian govt to start showing their commitments to information transparency and honesty in hilarious statements.

 

[spitfire]

I did see some absolute wally on twitter yesterday genuinely suggest bombing it.

 

[TopCat]

I did see some absolute wally on twitter yesterday genuinely suggest bombing it.

Probably dreamt that up over the strait of Hormuz.

 

[existentialist]

I did see some absolute wally on twitter yesterday genuinely suggest bombing it.

Ah, the Priti Patel school of marine engineering troubleshooting...