The Suez Canal is currently not blocked

"The ship's owner said it had been blown off course by "a suspect gust of wind" just north of the port of Suez."

Makes me think of a gust of wind wearing a trenchcoat with a high collar, dark glasses and a trilby.

Russinating said:
As above, it'd have been piloted by someone who works at the Suez right, not just the regular captain?

Why does it have a different name on the side? Presume that's legal and just lazy?
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It's fairly common to emblazon the name of the shipping line on the side of the ship, in this case, "Evergreen". It's much like a trucking company having the same livery on all their vehicles. Same here, ship is the Magellan, but has CMA-CGM along the side: http://maritime-connector.com/ship/cma-cgm-magellan-9454424/
The name is on the bow and the stern, just a coincidence that the ship's name in this case is similar to the name of the shipping line.
 
Russinating said:
As above, it'd have been piloted by someone who works at the Suez right, not just the regular captain?

Why does it have a different name on the side? Presume that's legal and just lazy?
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EverGreen is the name of the company that owns/operates her. Ever Given is the ship's name.
 
Yaayuh! said:
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Yes yes yes! :D
 
A couple of years ago I took the ferry back from Rotterdam to Hull and it was very windy as we set off. It was very impressive seeing those tiny tug boats holding us against the wind which was making a concerted effort to beach the ship. And it looked a fair bit hairy at points too. The tugs were pulling at 90 degrees to the direction of the ship under full power and only just keeping us from moving the opposite way.

I can well imagine something with the size of that thing would be monstrous to handle with a crosswind in a narrow channel.
 
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