Suez Canal Blocked by Ship

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

[Jockey]

Stories on the liberal MSM haven't told us where we can send the gallons of water that we want to donate. If we send enough, the water level of the canal goes up and the ship just sails easily into the sunset.

[rocky_warrior]

I really feel like the excavator doesn't stand a chance:

[jesmu84]

The question I have - the Suez Canal has guidelines for the size of ships that are permitted to pass through it. As I understand it, this ship is larger than the guidelines. So why was it allowed to try?

[rocky_warrior]

The question I have - the Suez Canal has guidelines for the size of ships that are permitted to pass through it. As I understand it, this ship is larger than the guidelines. So why was it allowed to try?

I thnk your info is old:
https://www.bbc.com/news/56523659

The channel was expanded in 2015 to allow vessels the size of the Ever Given to pass through.

[Hards Alumni]

I thnk your info is old:
https://www.bbc.com/news/56523659

Ah, so it's a wider berth canal?

[tower912]

I appreciate word play.

[MUBurrow]

I keep staring at that excavator picture.  My brain can't handle the size and scale of what's going on there.

[GooooMarquette]

It is so Scooplike for the main debate about a story of this magnitude to be about when the stories first appeared in the mainstream media. 

[GooooMarquette]

I keep staring at that excavator picture.  My brain can't handle the size and scale of what's going on there.

"I think I can. I think I can."

[ZiggysFryBoy]

[GB Warrior]

So what you're saying is...There's trouble in the Suez...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I keep staring at that excavator picture.  My brain can't handle the size and scale of what's going on there.

It's like trying to dig out Lake Michigan with a teaspoon

[rocky_warrior]

I keep staring at that excavator picture.  My brain can't handle the size and scale of what's going on there.

Especially considering the containers almost double the height of the ship.  Might as well use a spoon to dig out a 100yr old oak tree.

edit: dang, I didn't see this reply first.

It's like trying to dig out Lake Michigan with a teaspoon

[naginiF]

Especially considering the containers almost double the height of the ship. 

20,000 containers on that ship.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Paging Mike Mulligan

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Worldwide shipping containers and cargo ships were already difficult to come by and full of delays before this.  Things just got even worse.

[mu_hilltopper]

Estimated $400m per HOUR of lost revenue.  Whoa.

Not sure I believe that estimate.  Some of the goods might be perishable, but .. they'll eventually be delivered.

[Hards Alumni]

Estimated $400m per HOUR of lost revenue.  Whoa.

Not sure I believe that estimate.  Some of the goods might be perishable, but .. they'll eventually be delivered.

Does that number include all of the traffic that normally traverses the canal?

[mu_hilltopper]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/suez-canal-blockage-is-delaying-an-estimated-400-million-an-hour-in-goods.html

[JWags85]

The maps that show all the ships rerouted to now go around the Cape at the south of Africa is wild.  Havent seen that much traffic since the 1800s.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

The maps that show all the ships rerouted to now go around the Cape at the south of Africa is wild.  Havent seen that much traffic since the 1800s.

"Heavy traffic ahead, Waze has found an alternate route."

[GooooMarquette]

Estimated $400m per HOUR of lost revenue.  Whoa.

Not sure I believe that estimate.  Some of the goods might be perishable, but .. they'll eventually be delivered.

Even if it's 'only' $300M/hour, that's a lotta Beef 'N Cheddars.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

The maps that show all the ships rerouted to now go around the Cape at the south of Africa is wild.  Havent seen that much traffic since the 1800s.

Aye, you were on the high seas then, ainarrrrrr?

[jsglow]

So where are the MU engineers on this?  I thought you guys were smart. All the stuff has to come off.  Oh yeah, and call the Costa Concordia salvage guys. Fixing screw-ups costs money. Big money.  A lesson we just learned at our beloved. Back to my adult beverage.