Stuck
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Why wait for news updates?
Track it live
https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/SUEZ-CANAL-AIS/ship-traffic-tracker
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I wonder what the liability is for that ship owner and where jurisdiction is. Bet it’s a Byzantine nightmare.
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They're talking about removing some of the containers to lighten the ship so that it can be "unstuck."
This is a BFD.
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My understanding is the weather caused this. A severe dust storm with high winds. No visibility and no control against the wind due to the profile of the ship.
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This photo drives home the scale...
With the size of the ships coming through, I’m surprised they never devised a lock system yo raise and lower the water levels.
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My understanding is the weather caused this. A severe dust storm with high winds. No visibility and no control against the wind due to the profile of the ship.
I would think a ship like this would have pretty detailed navigating systems.
The front of the ship starts to go off the correct line, the motors power one side or the other to correct for example
It just surprises me that this would happen. For sure, someone who was steering messed up big time!
Evergreen is a Taiwan company, and the headline in one of the papers yesterday was "National Embarrassing!"
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