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Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

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Re: Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

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I wonder how much the couple of excavators helped. I saw people on HN saying having two measly excavators was just to give the appearance of doing something and not an actual attempt to get the boat unstuck. But when I saw a photo of the digging, it looked like there was some serious progress made.

I wonder how they think the canal was created.

Re: Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

#52

"Helped by the peak of high tide, the flotilla of tugboats managed to wrench the bow of the stranded Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since last Tuesday." - https://www.vesselfinder.com/news/20501-Ever-Given-is-Finall...

Isn't it the Evergreen?

Edit: Thank you for all the corrections, will leave this up for anyone else that's curious.

Re: Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

#53
post #52

"Helped by the peak of high tide, the flotilla of tugboats managed to wrench the bow of the stranded Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since last Tuesday." - https://www.vesselfinder.com/news/20501-Ever-Given-is-Finall...

Isn't it the Evergreen? Edit: Thank you for all the corrections, will leave this up for anyone else that's curious.

Evergreen is the company, Ever given is the boat.

Re: Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

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post #52

"Helped by the peak of high tide, the flotilla of tugboats managed to wrench the bow of the stranded Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since last Tuesday." - https://www.vesselfinder.com/news/20501-Ever-Given-is-Finall...

Isn't it the Evergreen? Edit: Thank you for all the corrections, will leave this up for anyone else that's curious.

Evergreen is the name of the company, all of their ships have an Ever prefix. This one is called the Ever Given

Re: Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

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post #52

"Helped by the peak of high tide, the flotilla of tugboats managed to wrench the bow of the stranded Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since last Tuesday." - https://www.vesselfinder.com/news/20501-Ever-Given-is-Finall...

Isn't it the Evergreen? Edit: Thank you for all the corrections, will leave this up for anyone else that's curious.

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Re: Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

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post #52

"Helped by the peak of high tide, the flotilla of tugboats managed to wrench the bow of the stranded Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since last Tuesday." - https://www.vesselfinder.com/news/20501-Ever-Given-is-Finall...

Isn't it the Evergreen? Edit: Thank you for all the corrections, will leave this up for anyone else that's curious.

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Re: Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

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post #52

"Helped by the peak of high tide, the flotilla of tugboats managed to wrench the bow of the stranded Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since last Tuesday." - https://www.vesselfinder.com/news/20501-Ever-Given-is-Finall...

Isn't it the Evergreen? Edit: Thank you for all the corrections, will leave this up for anyone else that's curious.

Evergreen is a huge Taiwanese shipping company, Ever Given is the name of this particular ship.

There are probably several dozen ships around the world with the words "Evergreen" on its side.

Re: Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

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post #33

It's worth looking at the discussion of the ship just three days ago on Hacker News[1]. A lot of what people thought was true (that it would be stuck there for weeks, being dismissive of using tugboats to pull it out) didn't pan out as expected. Just a reminder that we should always take what we read with a grain of salt, and that it's fine to reserve judgement and see what will actually happen after the initial medi…

Note that the egyptians were also planning for the "maybe weeks" scenerio. They were assembling the team for a litering operation (cranes etc) should the ship need to be partially unloaded. And a great many ships began to divert around africa, some of which may now be turning around. Certainly the shipping industry as a whole was headging against the "maybe weeks" option.

Not everyone on HN is a software nerd. More than a few here have worked in the shipping and logistics industries.

Re: Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

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post #52

"Helped by the peak of high tide, the flotilla of tugboats managed to wrench the bow of the stranded Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank, where it had been firmly lodged since last Tuesday." - https://www.vesselfinder.com/news/20501-Ever-Given-is-Finall...

Isn't it the Evergreen? Edit: Thank you for all the corrections, will leave this up for anyone else that's curious.

Evergreen is the shipping company, ever given is the name of the ship
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