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How much longer would it take to go around Africa to Gibraltar?
8 days, but the bigger problem is that increases the expected sea states encountered by several levels. Huge container ships don't like that.
TL;DR: Ship has not been refloated, "an initial investigation has ruled out any suggestion of mechanical or technical failure".
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Re-floating operation has been temporarily suspended and will resume Thursday morning.
Can anybody speak as to why they are able to get the ship no longer stuck horizontal, but still need to drag it out the way it came? Why can't it just go forward on the path it was headed on?
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I suspect it's not the use of the bomb that is the biggest concern. I would think someone with a bomb on some kind of bulk Hazmat carrier and the threat of blowing it up would shut down traffic for a lot longer. Nobody is going to want to get close to do anything about it. LNG or Oil are the two I can think of, but there's probably a lot of other bulk Hazmat carriers.
The major canals aren't around big population centers so blowing something like that up wouldn't make a huge impact. Also due to the structure of a canal (limited blast containment; most of a ship is above the surface) the actual damage would be limited.
Someone hijacks a LNG carrier, parks it in the canal and says they have a bomb on the pressure vessel.
Regardless of what infrastructure it would damage or not, it will shut down shipping.
Who would be willing to get close to it to do anything about it? What do you do, stand off and launch a missile and definitely destroy it?
https://twitter.com/AgenciesLeth/status/1374836312860151808?... As of 2330 (GMT+2) M/V EVER GIVEN, no. 5 in the 23rd of March NB convoy remains #grounded in the #SuezCanal. Vessel no. 6, 7 & 8 will be assisted by tugs back to Suez anchorage area, clearing space for M/V EVER GIVEN to be towed out the same way as she entered once re-floated. https://t.co/ltXEyRZtqX Looks like it's going to take a while...
"The #grounding of M/V EVER GIVEN in the #SuezCanal has caused transit delays. Current traffic situation is as follows:
71 vessels at Suez Anchorage awaiting NB transit
79 vessels awaiting SB transit of which 34 are anchored at Great Bitter Lake & 45 at Port Said Outer Anchorage"
150 vessels blocked
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8 days, but the bigger problem is that increases the expected sea states encountered by several levels. Huge container ships don't like that.
Can you expand as to why not/what "increases expected sea states encountered" means? Maybe an ELI5
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8 days, but the bigger problem is that increases the expected sea states encountered by several levels. Huge container ships don't like that.
Can you expand as to why not/what "increases expected sea states encountered" means? Maybe an ELI5
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As is the environmental harm
Super-ships emit ~5g_Co2/Ton/km on average[1], while railway is 2-35g, air transport is 700-3000g and truck transport is 100-2000g. Surprisingly, the bigger the boat the more effective. We tend to have a bias against larger machines, but often they can be the cleanest in proportion. [1] https://www.ademe.fr/sites/default/files/assets/documents/86...