I like this picture of it. Gives some scale to the problem.
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| Author: | Newsbot [ Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
Title: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal blocking all traffic Category: World Posted By: DrCaleb Date: 2021-03-24 05:59:55 Canadian |
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| Author: | DrCaleb [ Thu Mar 25, 2021 7:34 am ] |
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I like this picture of it. Gives some scale to the problem.
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| Author: | bootlegga [ Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
You'd think that the Suez Port Authority would own a tug or two big enough to move the large ships using the canal, but I guess this doesn't happen often enough to justify the cost of such a tug. |
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| Author: | DrCaleb [ Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
I'm sure they can push a container ship around easily. The problem is in that picture. The large hydrodynamic nose on the ship is securely embedded in the sand bank. 
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| Author: | raydan [ Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
Roses are red Violets are blue You've got a nose Like a B-52 |
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| Author: | llama66 [ Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
The Bulbous Bow. What gets me is if they were broadside to a sandstorm, why didn't they drop her anchors? Ships like that usually have the Port/Starboard anchor, and sometimes a Stern anchor, so she doesn't spin (as much) while she's moored. |
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| Author: | raydan [ Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
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| Author: | DrCaleb [ Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:47 pm ] |
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^^^ Like the guy with the jacked up truck in the ditch after the first snow storm. |
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| Author: | DrCaleb [ Fri Mar 26, 2021 7:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
https://twitter.com/i/status/1374835984852996101 |
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| Author: | raydan [ Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:30 pm ] |
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| Author: | PluggyRug [ Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
 Been there done that. |
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| Author: | fifeboy [ Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
Hire Nick and Relic. They will get it done! |
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| Author: | Strutz [ Sat Mar 27, 2021 9:17 pm ] |
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fifeboy fifeboy: Hire Nick and Relic. They will get it done! 
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| Author: | CDN_PATRIOT [ Sun Mar 28, 2021 6:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
How do we know it wasn't planned? Nobody could be THAT stupid. -J. |
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| Author: | DrCaleb [ Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Massive container ship stuck sideways in the Suez Canal bloc |
CDN_PATRIOT CDN_PATRIOT: How do we know it wasn't planned? Nobody could be THAT stupid. -J. Yea, because the ultimate goal of tying up so much commercial traffic to Europe is . . . . ![[huh]](./images/smilies/icon_scratch.gif "huh?"){kind=icon}
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