Suez: Long term implications ??

[Dushan]

I'm surprised they were all going that fast. I'm 30 years out of date, but when I was on a Noggie survey boat making that transition the convoy speed was limited to 9kts.

Gotta get those sex-toys and other chachkies to locked up people in Europe ASAP.

[TheGreenGoblin]

I'm surprised they were all going that fast. I'm 30 years out of date, but when I was on a Noggie survey boat making that transition the convoy speed was limited to 9kts.

Gotta get those sex-toys and other chachkies to locked up people in Europe ASAP.

Come on, the Karl Lagerfeld Bondage Dungeons in Bremerhaven are running low on cheap whips and latex! Have a heart!

[llondel]

Apparently coffee might end up on the shortage list. Imagine the implications of that.

[Pontius Navigator]

Reminds me, need a new parasol

[Boac]

As long as we have cocoa for the SpaceX Starship...........

[TheGreenGoblin]

As long as we have cocoa for the SpaceX Starship...........

+1

[ian16th]

Has the Ever Given been moved? or what?

I see that the Daily Fail claims that it has been moved 30m. This is not corroborated by any source that I can find.

The BBC site reports that the vessel has been moved 30°in both directions! Does this mean it has been swung 60°? This seems a lot to me.

I'd have thought that either of these events would have been given much more widespread publicity.

[Pontius Navigator]

Ian, pivoted around a centre by 30 deg, ie not 60

[Alisoncc]

Real bugger when one half pivots by 30 deg, but not the other. Unless they have a hinge in the middle for turning sharp corners, like those bendy buses.

[John Hill]

Good thing if they can rotate the middle bit as presumably that would draw the ends in and make it shorter.

[G-CPTN]

Researching this problem, it seems likely that the resistance to the tugs could be 33000 tonnes - with the most powerful tug having a pull of 420 tonnes.

Unloading the containers would require a crane with exceptional reach and numerous barges to receive the containers.

[Pontius Navigator]

G CPTN, a container crane normally operates from a firm base. Placing one in the canal and lifting a container on the opposite side will risk toppling, remember the Russian crane that fell onto a submarine. It might need a jack up rig for stability.

[ian16th]

How about they built dams ahead and behind the ship, and effectively put the ship into a lock. Then pump water into the 'lock' to float it. Turn the ship as required. Then remove the two dams?

Where's our resident canal expert when you need him?

[Boac]

That's two dam easy.

[G-CPTN]

AIUI, the sides of the canal are level with the surrounding desert, so a dam would have to surround the ship in addition to 'front and rear'.
The surrounding terrain is sand and this would be porous.

[tango15]

Apparently coffee might end up on the shortage list. Imagine the implications of that.

Why would coffee shipments be affected?

[Woody]

It’s not all bad news, apparently there’s a load of IKEA flat packs stuck in the queue to get through the canal

[Dushan]

Researching this problem, it seems likely that the resistance to the tugs could be 33000 tonnes - with the most powerful tug having a pull of 420 tonnes.

Unloading the containers would require a crane with exceptional reach and numerous barges to receive the containers.

As the famous line from "Jaws" says "You need a bigger tug".

[4mastacker]

Must be a few a few Chinooks about that could lift a lot of those containers off the ship as underslung loads (providing, of course, the weight of a container is within the Chinook's limits)

[G-CPTN]

Chinook maximum lift 10.8 tonnes.
Mi26 can lift 20 tonnes.

A 20ft container can carry 25 tonnes and a 40ft container 29 tonnes.