The Suez Canal crisis is now blocking a huge shipment of erotic toys from reaching the Netherlands.

It could happen anywhere

I got sent the same photograph with the caption, "Begorra only in Leitrim".

The answer is right there !!!

Get out and push the bloody thing. (Jeez, seafarers today, bunch of big girl's blouses... )

:big_tongue:

today i was sent the AIS track f the vessel, it would appear she was making a very erratic course which was increasing in intensity for quite a while prior to the crunch. Possibly trying to counter the wind but over-steering/compensating as well as fighting the channel/canal effect lead to the problem?

That's because they reach the Nether regions other toys don't reach .

If anyone gets a run ashore in Rotterdam they'll have to be extra careful until supplies are restored!!

Surely a supply of the real thing, complete with its own jolly jack, would be in demand if there is a shortage of such 'objets phalactic'. Better be careful about the user though, marking them as unisex may not be solely down to gender neutral labelling policy.

In my humble opinion, I believe that the transit of these huge ships should be analyzed and studied again to carry out the transit through the Panama and Suez Canals. It should be considered that both canals (Panama and Suez) were built and delivered in 19th and 20th centuries, for existing ships at that time; ships with a totally different design to those of now, with a smaller size and tonnage, measures more different than the current ones, this would require a restructuring of the transit of this new design of these vessel, to rule abot the number of containers embarked on board and the conditions of the trimming of the containers on board.


Regards


Tomi.

Just a thought as the evergreen is stationary, the thrust of props from the tugs pushing water against the bow as they try to pull it can`t be helpful, or doesn`t it matter

I remember often on the Suez transit the bridge would ask for minimum revs. On a very old 67LB6 Doxford , by fiddling with the fuel valve sectors, we could get down to c.17 rpm

Financial Times reports that Egyptian President Sisi has ordered containers to be unloaded.
Where does he think the sky hooks are coming from?

Recent reports suggest that the rudder is now movable and the prop is free. As such, it would appear that the aft end is relatively clear, so why are they not directing tugs to the aft end and pulling that around? The reports also say that there are rocks at the bow, so tugs pulling the stern around mid-stream might also shift these rocks. But leave it to the salvors, they have been around for a bit and I guess they had already thought of that. Maybe the best tugs are at the wrong end of the canal?
Looking at a diagram of the canal profile is a bit of a worry. There is only what looks like a narrow channel in the middle, about 80ft deep and the sides slope up from 50ft to nothing at the banks. Not much room to manoeuvre there.

Hey, looks like someone from the salvors reads this site! They took my advice.
(Just kidding)

The longest ship is x metres long so why not dredge the canal to x metres plus so that both ends of the ship cannot touch both sides at once.

Last time the Canal was properly maintained was 1956. Discuss.

I doubt some of the colossal ships going through these days could even hope to use Suez in 1956. I'm wondering what it would cost to widen the canal as suggested, or even make it a dual carriageway by building a parallel canal that could be coned off in the event of a problem.

(Mmmm ... giving serious thought to investing in a cone factory if they go for that.)

:brain::smoking::bounce:

A little unfair ES, Do not forget, that the Manchester Ship canal was built to take SUEZ MAX vessels of that original era. The Egyptians have done a lot of work recently on the canal, I do not think that this incident has much bearing on the SCA maintenance. That probably is the one thing they are doing properly. No comment on the man who comes to collect his Marlboro:)

Free at last 13.05 GMT. Monday

Almost up to the Great Bitter Lake now.

Has anyone heard/read anymore about the flooding in the forward void space and thruster compartment? Have they stopped the ingress of water?

You have to remember this is a nearly 200,000 DWT vessel and, apart from having the bulbous bow embedded in the bank, she was sat on the bottom. Well done to the salvors and tugs.

Rgds.
Dave

Never had this problem with the first generation container ships;
- they were only 1500 teu
-Suez was still closed after the Six day War so,
-we went round The Cape :pint:

Johnny van der Clog is very happy. Singing and dancing in the streets of Rotterdam tonight.

Beware of Dutchman bearing contracts

When I was offered a contract by a Dutchman I always held it up to the light to see what was hidden but in all fairness I found them much less dishonest than many others. Their first rule of business is that you must pay your bills and it's hard to disagree with that.
I could re-state your post, Beware of Ukrainians. (Full Stop).