Navigation Closure Notice. Suez Canal

[Jennifer McM]

Mega blockage!

 

"Suez Canal, one of the largest shipping lanes on the planet, blocked with a mega container ship, creating a traffic jam of ships waiting in the Mediterranean, Red Sea, and in the canal itself."

 

[Tracy D'arth]

RCR on the way?

[zenataomm]

I expect a hire tanker going too fast ripped his pins out.

[churchward]

He's never going to wind that there is he?

[Tracy D'arth]

Is the problem contained?

[TheBiscuits]

It's alright, the local team are aware ...

[Jennifer McM]

https://www.cityam.com/suez-canal-blocked-with-mega-container-ship/#:~:text=The Suez Canal has been,wide Ever Given cargo ship.

 

Blocked both lanes, it's going to be late docking in Rotterdam! 

[Jennifer McM]

[Jennifer McM]

 

 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

We can all sympathise I'm sure. An unexpected gust of wind and within moments you are broadside across the canal, stuck. Boats backing up each side and lots of gongoozlers pointing and laughing.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/24/huge-container-ship-blocks-suez-canal-evergreen

 

Jen

[Sea Dog]

Nothing on the CRT website - typical! 

 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

1 minute ago, Sea Dog said:

Nothing on the CRT website - typical! 

 

I don't think it can be a CaRT waterway. The Grauniad article says it is 79' deep, so someone has been dredging it regularly. ?

[robtheplod]

I'd be interested to know, could a ship that big be impacted by wind so much in such a short distance?   

[Mike Tee]

4 minutes ago, robtheplod said:

I'd be interested to know, could a ship that big be impacted by wind so much in such a short distance?   

Depends whether it was a madras or a vindaloo

[1st ade]

I can see the Daily Wail now...

 

"Another widebeam on unsuitable waterways"

[frangar]

1 hour ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

I don't think it can be a CaRT waterway. The Grauniad article says it is 79' deep, so someone has been dredging it regularly. ?

I dunno...might be CRT....it’s not been dredged at the edges by the look of it...

[David Mack]

6 minutes ago, frangar said:

I dunno...might be CRT....it’s not been dredged at the edges by the look of it...

 

But they are addressing that - look closely on the right.

[magpie patrick]

Done that myself - 62 foot boat in a 60 foot winding hole 

[nbfiresprite]

Someone been ordering from fake uk sellers on ebay again.

[Mad Harold]

With all these stoppages,who can blame one of our members turning his back on canals,and sticking to lumpy waters. ?

[doratheexplorer]

This pleases me.  It shows it can happen to the best of us.  And as usual, there's always someone there, ready to start filming!

 

Don't Ultra-Large-Container-Ships come with a barge-pole?

Edited March 24, 2021 by doratheexplorer

[colmac]

Maybe check his prop ? Bet the weed box is a thing to behold.

[sirweste]

Apparently there were 30mph gusts of wind that day, which is why it got blown off course...

[Guest]

Once got wedged like that on the Leeds and Liverpool in high winds, got another boat to nudge me back in line.

 

Maybe the following ship could do the same......???

[davem399]

Another continuous moorer.