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Suez Canal could be blocked for weeks by 'beached whale' ship
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Mar 25, 2021 04:09pm |
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| Author | Yusri Mohamed, Gavin Maguire, & Florence Tan |
| News Date | Thursday, March 25, 2021 04:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - A huge container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a “beached whale” may take weeks to free, the salvage company said, as officials stopped all ships entering the channel on Thursday in a new setback for global trade.
The 400 metre Ever Given, almost as long as the Empire State Building is high, is blocking transit in both directions through one of the world’s busiest shipping channels for oil and refined fuels, grain and other trade linking Asia and Europe.
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said nine tugs were working to move the vessel, which got stuck diagonally across the single-lane southern stretch of the canal on Tuesday morning amid high winds and a dust storm.
“We can’t exclude it might take weeks, depending on the situation,” Peter Berdowski, CEO of Dutch company Boskalis, one of two rescue teams trying to free the ship, told the Dutch television programme “Nieuwsuur”.
A total of 206 large container ships, tankers carrying oil and gas, and bulk vessels hauling grain have backed up at either end of the canal, according to tracking data, creating one of the worst shipping jams seen for years. |
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 I:8766 | Pennsylvanian ( 404.1051 points)
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Sun, March 28, 2021 12:46:43 AM UTC0:00
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The boat is blocking so much useful stuff they're going to rename it the McConnell.
Something tells me he'd be thrilled. Or, more likely, some characteristically subdued approximation of such.
RP: The boat is blocking so much useful stuff they're going to rename it the McConnell.
Something tells me he'd be thrilled. Or, more likely, some characteristically subdued approximation of such.
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| D:6454 | Mr. Matt ( 1761.4666 points)
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Sun, March 28, 2021 01:14:37 AM UTC0:00
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The boat is blocking so much useful stuff they're going to rename it the McConnell.
Or taking off the beached whale thing from the headline blocking traffic:
image://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170703103526-03-chris-christie-beach-0702-super-169.jpg
RP: The boat is blocking so much useful stuff they're going to rename it the McConnell.
Or taking off the beached whale thing from the headline blocking traffic:
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| Un:9757 | BrentinCO ( 6338.6216 points)
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Sun, March 28, 2021 01:51:45 AM UTC0:00
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https://twitter.com/itsallbollocks/status/1375788166746103808?s=20
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| D:1 | RP ( 5506.7227 points)
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Mon, March 29, 2021 05:47:26 PM UTC0:00
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It's free!
It's free!
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| I:6738 | IndyGeorgia ( 3906.0425 points)
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Mon, March 29, 2021 05:58:41 PM UTC0:00
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A nearly $60 billion whoopsie.
A nearly $60 billion whoopsie.
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 POUM:6380 | Zeus the Moose ( 691.4546 points)
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Mon, March 29, 2021 06:14:10 PM UTC0:00
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Goodnight, sweet prince
Goodnight, sweet prince
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