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I feel some sympathy for whoever was in charge of handling this ship. Looking at the deck cargo she must have been very vulnerable to cross winds. The ship’s speed would have been down to less than 1/3 of her cruising speed and the rudder authority greatly reduced. She must have had a considerable sideways drift on and had to steer to windward to stay in the deep channel. There must come a time when a vessel a quarter of a mile long drifting at an angle along the centre of the canal must rub her bow on one bank and her stern on the other. I rather think that this crew were handed what is known in the game of rugby as “a hospital pass”. The owners wont agree of course.
Only 25 crew. If you account for those eating and sleeping and going to the loo and stuff it probably left no one to steer. An old bra securing the ships wheel.
 
I fear Moses might make things worse. By parting the water and thus removing whatever support it is still lending to the hull, the ship would be left dangling in the air and would surely snap in two immediately.
It depends on the sectional design and construction of the ship. These large ships are built with the capacity of the hull to span large, deep troughs in the waves they encounter. Of course this ship is in fairly still water, but it is loaded with a huge weight in cargo. It comes down to the shear and bend capacity of the hull and beam. Going to need a bigger calculator!
 
Wondering how long it will be before shipping starts away for the Cape route ?

I'll give it another couple of days ...

At the estimated two days to clear each delayed day's worth of the queues, it will soon be worth the extra 9 to 13 days of the longer route.
There's a lot of material sitting waiting to move.
 
Wondering how long it will be before shipping starts away for the Cape route ?

I'll give it another couple of days ...

At the estimated two days to clear each delayed day's worth of the queues, it will soon be worth the extra 9 to 13 days of the longer route.
There's a lot of material sitting waiting to move.
The radio news early this morning was already reporting some ships had diverted around Africa. Some diversion.
 
If only Dennis Hopper was still with us he'd have the ship sailing again in no time...



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