Suez Canal blocked by EVERGIVEN

[dapaterson]

There's a Captain having a very, very bad day. Their oversize container ship has accidentally pivoted and completely blocked the Suez canal.

Photo:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1374457942099980295

Realtime position of the ship: EVER GIVEN Current position (Container Ship, IMO 9811000) - VesselFinder

 

[daftandbarmy]

There's a Captain having a very, very bad day. Their oversize container ship has accidentally pivoted and completely blocked the Suez canal.

Photo:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1374457942099980295

Realtime position of the ship: EVER GIVEN Current position (Container Ship, IMO 9811000) - VesselFinder

Oh ship....

 

[brihard]

That's... less than ideal.

 

[dapaterson]

Oh ship....

If that Captain is telling the shipping company that he has it under control, I guess you could say that he's full of ship.

 

[brihard]

Canal needs to hydrate and eat a banana.

 

[MilEME09]

Canal needs to hydrate and eat a banana.

Maybe moltrin and a change of socks?

 

[Haggis]

Maybe moltrin and a change of socks?

This is far more serious. Cepacol and fresh foot powder.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Bank suction, really sucks.......

 

[Halifax Tar]

And this children is why Jesus him self created Tugs on the 8th day.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Bank suction, really sucks.......

What is this 'bank suction' of which you speak, and about which I have no knowledge? I am fascinated, do go on....

 

[dapaterson]

Look closely at the shoreline by the bow in the picture above, and you'll see an excavator trying to dig out the bow; almost as if the protruding bulb in front of the ship (there's a technical name for it that I don't know) is rammed and jammed into the bank.

 

[Kilted]

At least it isn't an RCN ship.

 

[Good2Golf]

There was some momentum there, and notwithstanding what looks to be a fairly heavy load, the ship has ridden up the bank significantly, vis a vis the waterline exposure forward. This is going to take not an insignificant amount of MacGyvering to get things sorted out.

 

[lenaitch]

What is this 'bank suction' of which you speak, and about which I have no knowledge? I am fascinated, do go on....

Wiki, but a decent description:

Bank effect - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

A former colleague used to live on the St. Clair River, which is about 1/2km wide in that area, and said you could watch the water recede along the shore when a big laker sailed by.

 

[Jarnhamar]

Better take the long way around.

 

[FJAG]

A former colleague used to live on the St. Clair River, which is about 1/2km wide in that area, and said you could watch the water recede along the shore when a big laker sailed by.

I used to go camping at Algonac State Park just a bit up and across from Walpole Island and quite enjoyed watching the freighters chug past on the St Clair. Same for the state parks along the St Lawrence. There's something disturbingly tranquil about sitting around with a beer in your hand watching a big laker go by.

 

[dapaterson]

This is not good.

https://static.independent.co.uk/2021/03/24/08/2021-03-24T080052Z_2068522214_RC2KHM9DUYO5_RTRMADP_3_EGYPT-SUEZCANAL-SHIP.JPG

 

[kratz]

...quite enjoyed watching the freighters chug past on the St Clair. Same for the state parks along the St Lawrence. There's something disturbingly tranquil about sitting around with a beer in your hand watching a big laker go by.

Beer in hand and watching freighters sail past, figured you were talking about Halifax harbour.

 

[lenaitch]

I used to go camping at Algonac State Park just a bit up and across from Walpole Island and quite enjoyed watching the freighters chug past on the St Clair. Same for the state parks along the St Lawrence. There's something disturbingly tranquil about sitting around with a beer in your hand watching a big laker go by.

Indeed. A few years ago I had a minor role in a lengthy Inquiry in S/W Ontario and living out of a suitcase while attending. Many evenings I would go down to the Sarnia waterfront and watch the world float by.

A former colleague's ex-father in law was a laker captain, and told the story of the time he lost control downbound at Windsor (can't remember if it was mechanical, but current was involved, not Canal Effect) and realized he wouldn't fit sideways under the Ambassador Bridge so went under it backwards. Apparently, reports were written.

 

[OldSolduer]

That's a damn big ship to get stuck. I reckon there is an expert somewhere in the world that can get it unstuck.