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Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

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Post by aasasd » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 1:10 AM UTC

GhostVII wrote: post #89

danaos wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uhhh it's in Wikipedia's "largest container ships" list! [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_container_ship...

In 2016, Prokopowicz and Berg-Andreassen defined a container ship with a capacity of 10,000 to 20,000 TEU as a Very Large Container Ship (VLCS), while that with a capacity greater than 20,000 TEU as an Ultra Large Container Ship (ULCS) They are gonna run out of larger adjectives pretty soon.

Just call Capcom.

“Super Container Ship II' Hyper Turbo Extra Special Champion Edition HD Remix”.

Btw, there's a similar conundrum with large telescope projects: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26333391

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

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Post by scpedicini » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 1:17 AM UTC

mperham wrote: post #3

Holy ship.

Reddit is that way. That's where Dane Cook calibre word puns belong.

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#93

Post by aasasd » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 1:30 AM UTC

Sorta makes me wonder why another ship, larger than a tugboat, couldn't hitch it with a tow rope (whatever the marine term) and give it a jerk. I get that ships aren't normally expected to do that, but you know, probably need larger tugboats for gigantic ships.

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#94

Post by darness-2 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 1:36 AM UTC

Shoul've expanded their canal, just like panama did recently

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#95

Post by stransky » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 1:45 AM UTC

noarchy wrote: post #76

danaos wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uhhh it's in Wikipedia's "largest container ships" list! [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_container_ship...

>Uhhh it's in Wikipedia's "largest container ships" list! Off-topic, but does anyone else find it odd to find fillers like "umm" and "uhh" to be typed out on sites like HN or reddit?

Ummmm...no?

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

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Post by herendin2 » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 1:45 AM UTC

kjrose wrote: post #75

This is fascinating. I wonder if it really was solidly trapped if they would resort to essentially scuttling it just to get it out of the way faster.

The canal isn't very deep there. Scuttling it would make the situation much worse

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

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Post by reducesuffering » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 2:06 AM UTC

noarchy wrote: post #76

danaos wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uhhh it's in Wikipedia's "largest container ships" list! [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_container_ship...

>Uhhh it's in Wikipedia's "largest container ships" list! Off-topic, but does anyone else find it odd to find fillers like "umm" and "uhh" to be typed out on sites like HN or reddit?

No it contributes to more natural conversation, illustrating the commenter’s thought process.

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#98

Post by morei » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 2:17 AM UTC

aasasd wrote: post #93

Sorta makes me wonder why another ship, larger than a tugboat, couldn't hitch it with a tow rope (whatever the marine term) and give it a jerk. I get that ships aren't normally expected to do that, but you know, probably need larger tugboats for gigantic ships.

Amusingly enough, the tugs not uncommonly have more thrust.

Large ships are _heavily_ optimized for the common case, which is sailing at about 13.5 knots. They take a very long time to get up to speed because their propulsion is sized to be just enough to overcome resistance at their typical cruising speed.

Consequently, it would be difficult to get another ship up to any sort of speed in a short enough distance. Even if you could, the the momentum is absurdly high so it's much more likely that any sort of chain would snap, or the attachment point would break than that the aground ship would actually move.

(The aground ship has a deadweight of approx 200,000 tonnes)

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#99

Post by oliv__ » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 2:53 AM UTC

zests wrote: post #67

capableweb wrote: post #23

If you go to vesselfinder you can follow the drama in real-time! Seems it's still stuck: https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9811000

This link is extremely interesting. Keep zooming out all the way if you haven't already.

Wow. The magnitude of global trade is insane!

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#100

Post by GekkePrutser » Wed, Mar 24, 2021, 2:53 AM UTC

aasasd wrote: post #91

GhostVII wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In 2016, Prokopowicz and Berg-Andreassen defined a container ship with a capacity of 10,000 to 20,000 TEU as a Very Large Container Ship (VLCS), while that with a capacity greater than 20,000 TEU as an Ultra Large Container Ship (ULCS) They are gonna run out of larger adjectives pretty soon.

Just call Capcom. “Super Container Ship II' Hyper Turbo Extra Special Champion Edition HD Remix”. Btw, there's a similar conundrum with large telescope projects: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26333391

Almost like a Samsung phone.

Large container ship 20 Ultra Plus 5G Fan edition