Navigation Closure Notice. Suez Canal

[Guest]

They have managed to get it partially moved.

 

 

 

BBC News - Suez canal: Ever Given container ship freed from shoreline
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56559904

[peterboat]

Splash 24/7 goes further into detail, engine is running but it will be towed to another area to be checked out for damage  it took 15 tugs and a lot of dredging to free her.  Thankfully it seems to be sorted for the moment but it shows how unwieldy these big boats are and fragile it would seem 

[howardang]

I think Splash are a little premature. As at 1220 the bow was still firmly aground although the stern was moved on last nights high water. Fingers crossed they can get the bow released on this high water (around now).

 

Howard

[Tracy D'arth]

Myshiptracking now shows it back as it was wedged across the canal, big whoopsie?

[ditchcrawler]

34 minutes ago, howardang said:

I think Splash are a little premature. As at 1220 the bow was still firmly aground although the stern was moved on last nights high water. Fingers crossed they can get the bow released on this high water (around now).

 

Howard

But why are then not pulling backwards rather than the bows sideways 

[howardang]

9 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Myshiptracking now shows it back as it was wedged across the canal, big whoopsie?

The press are often premature when marine salvage is involved? The mornings HW has passed and the next one is just after midnight tonight. A further thing to note is that tide heights are now falling until the next springs in just under two weeks. Let’s keep everything vrossed that the large number of tugs/and large supply vessels can get her off later in the day, but I am getting slightly concerned that if they decide to reduce the draught by discharging containers this would take a long time and they will have to be very careful with weight distribution to avoid concentrated stresses.

 

Howard

[howardang]

4 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

But why are then not pulling backwards rather than the bows sideways 

I am sure Smitts will be working the angle of pull to wriggle her off the bank. 
 

Howard

[Tracy D'arth]

4 minutes ago, howardang said:

The press are often premature when marine salvage is involved? The mornings HW has passed and the next one is just after midnight tonight. A further thing to note is that tide heights are now falling until the next springs in just under two weeks. Let’s keep everything vrossed that the large number of tugs/and large supply vessels can get her off later in the day, but I am getting slightly concerned that if they decide to reduce the draught by discharging containers this would take a long time and they will have to be very careful with weight distribution to avoid concentrated stresses.

 

Howard

This is going to end very badly I feel.  There was talk of pumping out the water ballast, how unstable will that make the hull with that massive top-hamper of containers, presumably they are not empties? 

[Jerra]

Just now, Tracy D'arth said:

This is going to end very badly I feel.  There was talk of pumping out the water ballast, how unstable will that make the hull with that massive top-hamper of containers, presumably they are not empties? 

I read somewhere they had pumped out 9,000 tonnes of water already.

[ditchcrawler]

The CEO of the salvage company involved in the rescue efforts told Dutch public radio that the operation was far from complete.

"We have movement, which is good news. But I wouldn't say it's a piece of cake now," Peter Berdowski said.

[Alan de Enfield]

6 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

The CEO of the salvage company involved in the rescue efforts told Dutch public radio that the operation was far from complete.

"We have movement, which is good news. But I wouldn't say it's a piece of cake now," Peter Berdowski said.

 

I've had some of that apple-cake from 'those specialist' Dutch shops.

It makes you feel funny.

[Alway Swilby]

25 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

But why are then not pulling backwards rather than the bows sideways 

It would seem the logical thing to do wouldn't it. Maybe they are affraid of pulling the whole ship apart in the middle? Who knows.

[Jerra]

I found where  I came across the 9,000 tonnes.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56550350

 

The chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), Osama Rabie, told a news conference on Saturday that 9,000 tonnes of ballast water - which is stored in tanks to stabilise the ship - had been removed to help lighten the vessel.

[ditchcrawler]

BBC have just said its swung back across the cut, someone didn't hammer the stern mooring pin in properly

[ditchcrawler]

  

[Tracy D'arth]

Now being towed North by 2 tugs @1.7knots, Hurrah!

Just now, Tracy D'arth said:

Now being towed North by 2 tugs @1.7knots, Hurrah!

Now 2.5 knots, wow!

[Jen-in-Wellies]

14 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Now being towed North by 2 tugs @1.7knots, Hurrah!

Now 2.5 knots, wow!

With so many people watching, they dare not get caught speeding over 4mph.

[Guest]

Edited March 29, 2021 by The Happy Nomad

[Jennifer McM]

Bother! Just bought a giant pack of loo rolls just in case the rumour mill were correct ??

 

Really pleased it's over!

Edited March 29, 2021 by Jennifer McM

[Jen-in-Wellies]

There is now a web site where you can virtually get the Ever Given stuck wherever you wish.

https://evergiven-everywhere.glitch.me/

 

Here it is failing to get through Tower Bridge. Helps to get an appreciation of its size.

 

 

And stuck beside my boat!

Edited March 29, 2021 by Jen-in-Wellies

[Farey]

I enjoyed Ian Grieve's letter on this in the Guardian today:

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/mar/28/an-unwelcome-sign-of-spring-in-the-air

[David Mack]

17 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

 

Here it is failing to get through Tower Bridge. Helps to get an appreciation of its size.

 

 

I was wondering whether the Ever Given (192ft 11 in wide) would have fitted through the Thames Barrier. But google tells me the barrier has 200 ft wide gates. 

So the EG could have gone through at the same time as a narrow boat!

[TheBiscuits]

41 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

There is now a web site where you can virtually get the Ever Given stuck wherever you wish.

 

Here's my potentially prize winning attempt.  Any guesses where it is?

 

 

 

 

25 minutes ago, Farey said:

I enjoyed Ian Grieve's letter on this in the Guardian today:

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/mar/28/an-unwelcome-sign-of-spring-in-the-air

 

 After watching extensive coverage of the Ever Given (Report, 26 March) I am amazed that there is still no sign of a growing group of elderly men gathering on the bank shouting advice such as “put it into reverse” and “cut your revs down”.
Ian Grieve
Gordon Bennett, Llangollen canal

Edited March 29, 2021 by TheBiscuits

[Tony Brooks]

13 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said:

 

Here's my potentially prize winning attempt.  Any guesses where it is?

 

 

 

One of the cut off sections of the old North Oxford canal?

[nbfiresprite]

There be problems for the blue teams on Sunday