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DIY indignity: The huge ship stuck in the Suez Canal is visible from space

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https://www.space.com/stuck-ship-suez-ca...ite-photos

INTRO: A massive container ship's embarrassing and inconvenient predicament is visible from space. Tiny Earth-observing Dove satellites operated by San Francisco-based company Planet have spied the giant cargo ship that's blocking Egypt's Suez Canal, as well as the traffic jam caused by the huge vessel's plight.

The 1,300-foot-long (400 meters) ship, called Ever Given, ran aground while traversing the canal on Tuesday morning (March 23). It's now lodged sideways across the Suez, preventing other ships from coming or going along this busy trade route that connects the Mediterranean and Red seas.

Dredging crews, salvage operators and other personnel are working hard to free the Ever Given, but it may take weeks to open the canal to ship traffic again, NPR reported on Thursday (March 25)... (MORE)


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Suez Canal blockage: what it takes to unwedge a megaship
https://theconversation.com/suez-canal-b...hip-158006

EXCERPTS: . . . it’s unclear how much time they’ll need to dislodge the ship. The methods they’ll use to do so, however, will be the roughly the same as past examples. [...] The precise way in which the Ever Given struck ground will be important for salvage teams to understand because, when refloating a grounded ship, it’s usually easiest to extract it the way it went in – as with a splinter.

[...] In 2016, a ship of similar size to the Ever Given, called the CSCL Indian Ocean, took six days to refloat after grounding on the bank of the Elbe River in Germany. The same salvage techniques used then will be used this time around – albeit in the more restrictive environment of a narrow canal.

There are two basic approaches to extracting a grounded ship. First, salvage crews will work to increase the vessel’s vertical buoyancy force, which means the whole boat floats higher in the water. Second, tug boats will apply sufficient horizontal force to overcome the static friction generated by whatever material the boat is resting upon. The larger and heavier the vessel, the more force required by the tug boats to refloat the ship.

[...] Despite all these measures, increasing buoyancy during salvage usually relies on a rising tide, which provides an extra boost in sea level for the ship to potentially refloat upon. Unfortunately, the tidal range within the Suez Canal is limited compared to coastal waters, which will hamper refloating attempts – though a promising “spring tide”, which is higher than the usual high tide, is due over the weekend... (MORE - details)
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I remember back when my Navy ship the USS Yosemite went thru the Suez canal circa 1992. It was so narrow it looked like the ship was moving over the land if you stood back from the side rail.
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Any camera footage from the time when the captain realised that she (or he) had well and truly fouled up would be a valuable training aid along the lines of 'This is why we have to very very careful all of the time.'.
I speak as someone who has always avoided responsibility after nearly blowing up a factory when I was young - Hydrogen and Oxygen at the same time down the same pipe heading for a furnace Sad .
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Suez canal: Ever Given ship refloated after almost a week blocking major waterway
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/m...e-tugboats

EXCERPTS: The huge container ship MV Ever Given has reportedly been refloated from the banks of the Suez canal, raising hopes that the vital waterway will soon reopen and that global shipping backlogs will be cleared.

After almost a week of failed attempts to free the vessel, multiple reports on Monday morning said that it had been dislodged from its position lodged on the bank of the canal. [...] Crude oil prices fell after news the ship had been refloated, with Brent crude down by $1.41 per barrel to $63.05.

[...] At least 369 vessels are waiting to transit the canal, Rabie said, including dozens of container ships, bulk carriers, oil tankers and liquefied natural gas (LNG) or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vessels.

Many other ships have already been re-routed around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope in order to circumvent the Suez blockage, although the 5,500-mile (9,000km) diversion takes 7 to 10 days longer and adds a huge fuel bill to the trip between Asia and Europe... (MORE - details)
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