The Suez Canal is currently not blocked

Angilion · 26 Mar 2021 at 06:33

200sols said:
Nuke it.

Great minds think alike!

m4rmite · 26 Mar 2021 at 07:29

Things like this never happen in the Manchester ship canal.

It would have been emptied and up on bricks within 20 minutes.

Feek · 26 Mar 2021 at 07:38

neviditelny said:
not even sure what the SS is supposed to be for

It's very obviously Secret Santa. People get nicknames so they don't know when they're being discussed.

SexyGreyFox · 26 Mar 2021 at 08:38

On the News it just said 7 billion worth of goods are being held up so they're now going the long way round.

Josh · 26 Mar 2021 at 08:40

Horn of Africa pirates must be chuffed.

SexyGreyFox · 26 Mar 2021 at 08:43

Josh said:
Horn of Africa pirates must be chuffed.

Won't it be like looking up at the Ice Wall in Game Of Thrones

413x · 26 Mar 2021 at 10:33

Someone made an upgrade

Hades · 26 Mar 2021 at 10:35

413x said:
Someone made an upgrade

Hahaha!!

SDK^ · 26 Mar 2021 at 10:42

SexyGreyFox said:
On the News it just said 7 billion worth of goods are being held up so they're now going the long way round.

shipping companies are starting to divert their ships around the southern tip of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope, which adds about 3,500 miles to the journey and up to 12 days,

watercooledman · 26 Mar 2021 at 10:53

500k to pass through geez, how much does the shipping company make with all those containers and drugs on board ?

majestyk · 26 Mar 2021 at 11:37

watercooledman · 26 Mar 2021 at 11:38

surely just get another big ship to nudge it out

adam cool dude · 26 Mar 2021 at 11:38

I remember this happening in my ye old village when I was growing up. They ended up cutting it to bits to unblock the river Nene.

Minstadave · 26 Mar 2021 at 11:40

watercooledman said:
surely just get another big ship to nudge it out

inogen · 26 Mar 2021 at 11:46

SexyGreyFox said:
On the News it just said 7 billion worth of goods are being held up so they're now going the long way round.

$9,6b worth PER DAY.

Robi_uk · 26 Mar 2021 at 11:46

Or can they get another tanker to tug it rather then those tiny tug boats!

dl8860 · 26 Mar 2021 at 11:46

StriderX said:
Would it not have been cheaper to have just cruise missile'd the ship and figure out liability later?

What about if all the ships on one side got in a big conga line and pushed the ship out of the way?

Genuinely wondering if some sort of dismantling and piece-small removal is the way forward.

Depends on value of cargo and liabilities etc. vs the difference in cost/effort between dismantling carefully and torpedoing the thing.

dl8860 · 26 Mar 2021 at 11:53

Robi_uk said:
Or can they get another tanker to tug it rather then those tiny tug boats!

You can't tug it, there's no strong point on the vessel that could withstand the likely force required. You'd need a dozen connection points spread out at positions where the hull is stiffened, and a dozen tugs pulling at once. Even then you're probably going to do a lot of damage to it.

adolf hamster · 26 Mar 2021 at 11:54

Robi_uk said:
Or can they get another tanker to tug it rather then those tiny tug boats!

Reckon the main reason they cant do that is as it's stuck you'd need a running start and even if the cable doesnt break the superstructure probably wont be up to it.

Hotwired · 26 Mar 2021 at 12:10

watercooledman said:
500k to pass through geez, how much does the shipping company make with all those containers and drugs on board ?

20,000 shipping containers of goods is a ridiculous amount.

Also the suez canal people like to extort bribes on top which the shipping companies know about and pay because the ships cost tens of thousands per day just existing and getting getting an official "delay" by not paying petty bribes isn't worth it.