Navigation Closure Notice. Suez Canal

[Guest]

Evergiven finally arrives in the UK.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58078100

[IanM]

Popped over to Harwich today to get a picture of the offending vessel

[ditchcrawler]

5 minutes ago, IanM said:

Popped over to Harwich today to get a picture of the offending vessel

looking quite empty now

[Dav and Pen]

Apparently it’s going to dry dock in Dunkirk to check for damage now. It’s been steaming very slowly and believed that the hull is compromised.

[Jen-in-Wellies]

5 minutes ago, Dav and Pen said:

Apparently it’s going to dry dock in Dunkirk to check for damage now. It’s been steaming very slowly and believed that the hull is compromised.

How long is it going to take to overplate it?

[ditchcrawler]

2 minutes ago, Jen-in-Wellies said:

How long is it going to take to overplate it?

Will they touch up the blacking or grit blast and 2 pack 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

10 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

Will they touch up the blacking or grit blast and 2 pack 

The picture that @IanM posted suggests that it has reding, not blacking. More to the point, will the owners pay the boat yard to touch up the reding, or will they do it themselves, considering they will be wanting to save some cash with it having missed so much revenue over the last four months? Will they be allowed to live on board while it is out of the water? Is it worthwhile coating the baseplate, or will it just get scraped off by the bed of the next shallow canal they use?

[Jen-in-Wellies]

There is now an even bigger container ship on its way to the Suez Canal. The Ever Ace. Fingers crossed!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58521299