Suez Canal

[ISUCyclones2015]

This is an insane story. Billions of dollars go through that canal on a hourly basis.... now at a complete stop.

Worldwide impacts.

No not every hour.

It's like $1B a day.

 

[Entropy]

Is this ship still stuck?

You know that ship, the one possibly still stuck in the canal. Is it still there? Find out that, and really only that, at this website.

istheshipstillstuck.com

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Time to bring back this plan?

The US had a plan in the 1960s to blast an alternative Suez Canal through Israel using 520 nuclear bombs

The plan, drawn up in 1963, would have carved the canal through the Negev desert but did not take into account "political feasibility."

news.yahoo.com

 

[GTO]

Panamanian flag? This was clearly a hit job from the Panama Canal families.

Let me call some relatives and find out the details.

 

[bawbie]

 

[tman24]

 

[CloneIce]

Love it. I’m looking forward to the aerial time lapse showing the whole circus of getting it out.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Yeah he should probably stick to his day job as that's not a bulldozer.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Where are the backhoes?

 

[Proton]

 

[NWICY]

Doesn't seem to be affecting commodity prices too much. How long until $6 corn?

I don't think that many commodities go through there do they? Lots of petroleum products and consumer goods. On the radio they said that many of those containers are filled with toilet paper. The radio guys were claiming it may lead to temporary shortages to the area it was being delivered to. No idea if that story is true or not.

 

[BoxsterCy]

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

I don't think that many commodities go through there do they? Lots of petroleum products and consumer goods. On the radio they said that many of those containers are filled with toilet paper. The radio guys were claiming it may lead to temporary shortages to the area it was being delivered to. No idea if that story is true or not.

Sounds like he has toilet paper stock!

 

[Frak]

This is an insane story. Billions of dollars go through that canal on a hourly basis.... now at a complete stop.

Worldwide impacts.

 

[shagcarpetjesus]

I had heard somewhere that it was a really bad sandstorm or something? Maybe that's not true?

Any sandstorm is by definition going to have very strong winds so it may just be a matter of semantics. It’s crazy to think winds could cause it to get lodged like that, but when you consider the ship is as long as the Empire State Building is tall, and the way they stack those containers high on the ship, it’s basically like a giant billboard trying to maintain position while floating in water.

 

[bawbie]

Yeah he should probably stick to his day job as that's not a bulldozer.

yes, he addressed that. It’s a yellow bellied earth movey machine.

 

[isufbcurt]

I'll admit that I don't know **** about shipping logistics but my common sense whats to ask the following question:

Why are they trying to use tug boats to move that big ass ship? Why don't they hook a couple of the big ass cargo ships that are waiting up to it and use those to pull it out?

 

[AlaCyclone]

just send the Brits and French in to clean it up. Oh wait!

 

[dirtyninety]

Any sandstorm is by definition going to have very strong winds so it may just be a matter of semantics. It’s crazy to think winds could cause it to get lodged like that, but when you consider the ship is as long as the Empire State Building is tall, and the way they stack those containers high on the ship, it’s basically like a giant billboard trying to maintain position while floating in water.

Just so everyone knows.....winds did not lodge that ship. If that is the "news" you are getting, consider alternative news sources.

 

[ISUAgronomist]

Just so everyone knows.....winds did not lodge that ship. If that is the "news" you are getting, consider alternative news sources.

Suez Canal Is Blocked by Container Ship Causing Huge Traffic Jam

Egyptian authorities were working to dislodge a giant container ship that blocked traffic on one of the world’s busiest shipping arteries and further threatened a global supply chain already under intense strain.

www.wsj.com

The huge vessel got stuck in the canal sideways, with its bow wedged in one bank and its stern nearly touching the other, on Tuesday during a dust storm when wind speeds reached 40 knots, according to a person familiar with the incident.

Suez Canal blockage could cause problems for the globe: Here's what you need to know

The shipping delays could raise gas prices and impact everything from the clothes and shoes you ordered to gym equipment, electronics, food and energy supplies.

www.cnbc.com

The Ever Given, a 220,000-ton mega ship nearly a quarter-mile long with a 20,000 container capacity, ran aground after being blown by strong winds while entering Egypt’s Suez Canal from the Red Sea.

Egypt's Suez Canal blocked by huge container ship

A ship the length of four football pitches is wedged across one of the world's busiest trade routes.

www.bbc.com

Dozens of vessels are stuck, waiting for rescue boats to free the 400m-long (1,312ft) ship, which was knocked off course by strong winds.

Please give your sources to "inform" us. Are we talking "alternative news" sites as your sources?

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