Massive cargo ship turns sideways, blocks Egypt's Suez Canal

[shorep]

How did a cargo ship get stuck in the Suez Canal,
and how are they going to un-stick it?.

How did a cargo ship get stuck in the Suez Canal, and how are they going to un-stick it?

At 1,300 feet long and 164 feet wide, the ship wedged into one of the world's busiest shipping lanes is a monster of a problem, and there's no easy way to solve it.

www.cbsnews.com

Richard

Blame the AUTO pilot!!!!

 

[MULTIZ321]

The humongous ship in the Suez Canal is now a meme - our 17 favourites.

The humongous ship in the Suez Canal is now a meme – our 17 favourites

It’s been three days now, and the 400-metre-long Ever Given container ship has defied all efforts to move it – though, in fairness, those efforts only seem to have involved a few tugs and a tiny excavator. The jokes just keep coming. after years of bitcoin and reddit short selling and credit...

www.thepoke.co.uk

Richard

 

[MULTIZ321]

42 Jokes And Memes About The Ship That Got Stuck in The Suez Canal.

People Are Cracking Up At These 30 Memes About The Ship Stuck In The Suez Canal

Bored Panda scoured the internet to collect the best reactions and memes to the stuck cargo ship in the Suez Canal and the efforts in freeing it from its unfortunate predicament. And the results are hilarious.

www.boredpanda.com

Richard

 

[rhonda]

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[Brett]

42 Jokes And Memes About The Ship That Got Stuck in The Suez Canal.

People Are Cracking Up At These 30 Memes About The Ship Stuck In The Suez Canal

Bored Panda scoured the internet to collect the best reactions and memes to the stuck cargo ship in the Suez Canal and the efforts in freeing it from its unfortunate predicament. And the results are hilarious.

www.boredpanda.com

Richard

I like the Austin Powers one

https://www.news.com.au/technology/...n/news-story/0521a3ad29018d0b01f17f9b00857a87

 

[1Kflyerguy]

What a freaking mess..

 

[MULTIZ321]

Attempt to refloat megaship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal fails.

Attempt to refloat megaship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal fails

An attempt to refloat a megaship blocking Egypt's Suez Canal failed Friday, the vessel's managers said, as the crisis forced companies to re-route services from the vital shipping lane around Africa.

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Richard

 

[MULTIZ321]

Suez Canal: Satellite Clues on a Stricken Cargo Ship.

Suez Canal: Satellite Clues on a Stricken Cargo Ship - bellingcat

At 400m, the Ever Given is hard to miss. That makes satellite imagery ideal in understanding more about the cargo ship's predicament.

www.bellingcat.com

Richard

 

[MULTIZ321]

Suez Canal ship may be freed by Saturday.

Suez Canal ship may be freed by Saturday

The operator of the ship blocking the Suez Canal said it would take at least two or three more days to dig the vessel out of the waterway's bank, while other ship operators began rerouting tankers and containers -- in some cases sending them on a two-week extended voyage around the southern tip...

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Richard

 

[MULTIZ321]

I Figured Out How to Free the Stuck Ship in the Suez Canal.

I Figured Out How to Free the Stuck Ship in the Suez Canal

Here's what we do: We winch it, off-road style. But not from land. Because the biggest winch of all is right there on the ship.

www.caranddriver.com

Richard

 

[shorep]

Professionally, I occasionally get a bit involved with failure analysis, particularly as regards accidental chemical release scenarios.

For me, the frequent absence of failure modes and effects analysis on critical operations is fascinating. It seems evident that the operators of the canal never did a comprehensive analysis of what scenarios might exist that would prevent ships from moving through the canal. Because if they did, the possibility of a ship turning sideways would have popped out as a hazard requiring attention.

Or, perhaps they did the analysis, but management ignored the finding. That happens often. (In the chemical release scenarios I deal with, failure of management to respond responsibly to a finding can be criminal, so most operations pay some attention to the findings. Having a the same issue show up in consecutive audits is a very serious finding.)

Failure of management is a common trend in business, this ship is a prime example,'blown off course by a sandstorm',so why not all the other ships in the canal that day in the storm, went off course due to another storm, the management brainstorm on the bridge more likely!!!!!I took this ship from China,I took her across the Indian ocean,I took her into the gulf, and I took her into the Suez canal, where WE jammed her into the canal.

 

[pedro47]

Maybe, after this mishap the Suze Canal will places limits and sizes of containers ships to avoid this from happening again.

 

[MULTIZ321]

New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal.

New attempts planned to free huge vessel stuck in Suez Canal

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — A giant container ship remained stuck sideways in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day Saturday, as authorities prepared to make new attempts to free the vessel and reopen a...

apnews.com

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Richard

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Maybe, after this mishap the Suze Canal will places limits and sizes of containers ships to avoid this from happening again.

Actually, there are limits on length. This ship was just under the limit; likely it was designed to be as big as possible while still being able to transit the Suez.

Getting back to my comment up-thread about risk analysis, it would appear that underlying analysis for that decision was inadequate.

 

[CalGalTraveler]

Failure of management is a common trend in business, this ship is a prime example,'blown off course by a sandstorm',so why not all the other ships in the canal that day in the storm, went off course due to another storm, the management brainstorm on the bridge more likely!!!!!I took this ship from China,I took her across the Indian ocean,I took her into the gulf, and I took her into the Suez canal, where WE jammed her into the canal.

My understanding is that specialized harbor pilots take charge and navigate the ships through the canal.

Whether there was incompetent crew remains is unknown but will be evaluated in the post-mortem.

 

[MULTIZ321]

Moment the Ever Given crashed into the Suez Canal is caught on video.

Moment the Ever Given crashed into the Suez Canal is caught on video

Osama Rabie, Egypt's Suez Canal Authority chief, confirmed that 'strong winds and weather factors were not the main reasons' for the ship's grounding.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Richard

 

[bizaro86]

My understanding is that specialized harbor pilots take charge and navigate the ships through the canal.

Whether there was incompetent crew remains is unknown but will be evaluated in the post-mortem.

The specialized pilots are widely regarded as being a huge problem in Suez. As with much of Egyptian officialdom, their big priority is extracting as much cash from their position as possible, and not so much on being professional navigators.

 

[Passepartout]

There is hope that with the arrival of two of the most powerful tugs, the continued dredging of sand from around the stuck vessel, and an expected +50cm (20") tide tonight, they will be able to float it off and avoid offloading hundreds of containers. This is CRITICAL! Europe is running out of toilet paper!

 

[pedro47]

Will the Ever Given container company incur a heavy fine by the he Egyptian government; for the loss of container shipping revenue ?

 

[MULTIZ321]

2 tugboats speed to Egypt's Suez Canal as shippers avoid it.

2 tugboats speed to Egypt's Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Two additional tugboats sped Sunday to Egypt's Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, even as major...

apnews.com

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Richard

 

[shorep]

The specialized pilots are widely regarded as being a huge problem in Suez. As with much of Egyptian officialdom, their big priority is extracting as much cash from their position as possible, and not so much on being professional navigators.

This might well be considered to be a worldwide problem, amusing clip on Discovery channel, cruise ship captain concerned about the age of the vietnamese pilot, taking his ship up the mecong.

 

[MULTIZ321]

Before the Ever Given: A look at the crises that closed Suez.

Before the Ever Given: A look at the crises that closed Suez

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Since it opened in 1869, Egypt’s Suez Canal has been a source of national pride and a focus of international conflict. It is one of the world’s great maritime...

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Richard

 

[MULTIZ321]

Tugs, dredgers still struggle to free ship blocking Suez Canal.

Tugs, dredgers still struggle to free ship blocking Suez Canal

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has ordered preparations for the possible removal of some of the ship's cargo to help refloat it, SCA Chairman Osama Rabie told Egypt's Extra News.

m.jpost.com

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Richard

 

[MULTIZ321]

Suez Canal Crisis: Ship blocking canal may be due
to human error.

Suez Canal Crisis: Ship blocking canal may be due to human error

Human error accounts for anywhere between 75% and 96% of maritime accidents.

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Richard

 

[VegasBella]

Some of those containers contain LIVE animals. Livestock is being shipped and they are trapped.