After all day trying to refloat the mega container ship 'Ever Given', in the Suez Canal, there is a steady log jam of ships waiting in the Mediterranean & Red Sea and in the canal itself pic.twitter.com/aGFKieoWqE
— N South (@nat_ahoy) March 23, 2021
So, the #SuezCanal is blocked...
Massive container ship EVER GIVEN stuck in the most awkward way possible.
Ongoing for hours. Every tug Egypt could spare appear to be trying to pull it free.
Vessel tracker: https://t.co/MsTUgVgyTH
Also, a teeny excavator tried to help.
Thanks @rmcfadzean for surfacing the pic!
Source: https://t.co/MuUKctj4YP
Also: forget #iceroadtruckers, marine salvage YouTube is where it's at.
https://t.co/C2hzZWrGJQ
How big is this #SuezCanal plug? Ultra big.
MV #EVERGIVEN
Size: 400m long / 59m wide
Gross tonnage: 219,079
Capacity: 20,388 TEUs (20ft container equivalents).
One of the largest container ships in operation.
For the confused: MV EVER GIVEN's operator is Evergreen Marine (https://t.co/ROoStEAGmk) and Ever___ is a naming convention for some vessels.
Sincerely hope she posts again, Egyptian twitter shows up, or...if you know someone else on the DENVER, drop them a line!
Source: https://t.co/PPQOYD8AED
... to mariners, canal officials have a historic reputation for 'appreciating' cartons of cigarettes...earning it the nickname "Marlboro Canal"
Austin-powers-stuck-in-tunnel vibe is getting stronger.
I feel for this crew, & the tugboat operators. Nobody is getting any sleep.
(innocent, but terrible luck)
Source: https://t.co/MsTUgVgyTH
By @TankerTrackers
Reports from logistics company GAC say cause of grounding was a blackout.
This is worst-nightmare material when doing a canal transit.
Source: https://t.co/J2yMtcXLFD
(~10% of global seaborne traded oil transits Suez & SUMED . ~9% of LNG.)
So, what if this closure persists...
*Source: https://t.co/LgazpjlSdm
Some oil will still flow through SUMED, but for everything else: global logistics madness. For example, US EIA calculates that a US tanker from KSA would add ~2,700 miles.
https://t.co/eLGmEQBsfR
I inadvertently left on the cutting room floor NARRATOR saying "AND the Cape of Good Hope."👇
No wonder I had so many chars to work with..
Also, #EverGiven is still stuck.
https://t.co/6AAZa5wciV
NARRATOR: the all-important #SuezCanal lets ships bypass the historically treacherous Horn of Africa...
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 23, 2021
... to mariners, canal officials have a historic reputation for 'appreciating' cartons of cigarettes...earning it the nickname "Marlboro Canal" pic.twitter.com/TXmC6v5nje
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