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: vesselfinder.com
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: vesselfinder.com
"Is there a traffic jam?" Answer 👇
Latest update: the EVER GIVEN is... still ever-jammed across the #SuezCanal.
Also, a teeny excavator tried to help.
Thanks @rmcfadzean for surfacing the pic!
Source: instagram.com
Also, a teeny excavator tried to help.
Thanks @rmcfadzean for surfacing the pic!
Source: instagram.com
How soon till one of the big Dutch salvage companies shows up for an ultra-premium re-floating?
Also: forget #iceroadtruckers, marine salvage YouTube is where it's at.
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Also: forget #iceroadtruckers, marine salvage YouTube is where it's at.
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Update: still stuck.
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.
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.
Another update: #SuezCanal waiting areas & anchorages have filled right up (I added some arrows.. look for green dashes)
For the confused: MV EVER GIVEN's operator is Evergreen Marine (evergreen-line.com) and Ever___ is a naming convention for some vessels.
For the confused: MV EVER GIVEN's operator is Evergreen Marine (evergreen-line.com) and Ever___ is a naming convention for some vessels.
The pic we have comes from insta user fallenhearts17, who is on the @Maersk MV DENVER, stuck right behind MV EVER GIVEN.
Sincerely hope she posts again, Egyptian twitter shows up, or...if you know someone else on the DENVER, drop them a line!
Source: instagram.com
Sincerely hope she posts again, Egyptian twitter shows up, or...if you know someone else on the DENVER, drop them a line!
Source: instagram.com
@Maersk NARRATOR: the all-important #SuezCanal lets ships bypass the historically treacherous Horn of Africa...
... to mariners, canal officials have a historic reputation for 'appreciating' cartons of cigarettes...earning it the nickname "Marlboro Canal"
... to mariners, canal officials have a historic reputation for 'appreciating' cartons of cigarettes...earning it the nickname "Marlboro Canal"
1:30 AM Egypt Time Update: screws are turning & helm moving but... #EVERGIVEN appears to be in the same spot.
Austin-powers-stuck-in-tunnel vibe is getting stronger.
I feel for this crew, & the tugboat operators. Nobody is getting any sleep.
Austin-powers-stuck-in-tunnel vibe is getting stronger.
I feel for this crew, & the tugboat operators. Nobody is getting any sleep.
OH NO: misfortune's unerring aim touched #EVERGIVEN's track as it departed the designated anchorage and steamed into the Canal.
(innocent, but terrible luck)
Source: vesselfinder.com
(innocent, but terrible luck)
Source: vesselfinder.com
AIS data playback of the #SuezCanal the moment things went very, very wrong for the #EVERGIVEN...and then rest of global shipping.
By @TankerTrackers
By @TankerTrackers
Update: #EVERGIVEN still hard aground.
Reports from logistics company GAC say cause of grounding was a blackout.
This is worst-nightmare material when doing a canal transit.
Source: gac.com
Reports from logistics company GAC say cause of grounding was a blackout.
This is worst-nightmare material when doing a canal transit.
Source: gac.com
Effect on oil prices? Yes, likely temporary says head of commodities at ING.*
(~10% of global seaborne traded oil transits Suez & SUMED . ~9% of LNG.)
So, what if this closure persists...
*Source: news.yahoo.com
(~10% of global seaborne traded oil transits Suez & SUMED . ~9% of LNG.)
So, what if this closure persists...
*Source: news.yahoo.com
If for some reason the #SuezCanal blockage persists, shipping can divert.
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.
eia.gov
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.
eia.gov
Errata: nothing like a nit in a fun thread to bug me to no end...
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.
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.
OUF: new pics suggest the #EVERGIVEN might have impaled the canal shore with its bulbous bow. Wild if true.
Bulbous bows look weird but modify how water flows around the bow, making ships more efficient.
Cant find credits on pics 1&2, 3 is shipbuilder Samusung Heavy Industries.
Bulbous bows look weird but modify how water flows around the bow, making ships more efficient.
Cant find credits on pics 1&2, 3 is shipbuilder Samusung Heavy Industries.
HEADS UP: reports that #EVERGIVEN is partially re-floated likely premature.
Source, Lloyds List, citing vessel's technical manager Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM).
Also, quick check of AIS shows... little change.
Pics: Suez Canal Authority
lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com
Source, Lloyds List, citing vessel's technical manager Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM).
Also, quick check of AIS shows... little change.
Pics: Suez Canal Authority
lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com
PSA: woke to find inaccurate things circulating about the #EVERGIVEN situation.
Origin: various sources, some breathless, some from Egypt.
Spoiler: still stuck.
Are you a reporter? Vessel's technical manager BSM has a media contact. They should know.
bs-shipmanagement.com
Origin: various sources, some breathless, some from Egypt.
Spoiler: still stuck.
Are you a reporter? Vessel's technical manager BSM has a media contact. They should know.
bs-shipmanagement.com
UPDATE: MV #EVERGIVEN....still ever-so-stuck.
But...
-Multiple tugboats on scene (not new)
-Dredgers clearing sand & mud around hull
-Vessel's own winches in play
Says Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, via CNBC's @PippaStevens13 cnbc.com
But...
-Multiple tugboats on scene (not new)
-Dredgers clearing sand & mud around hull
-Vessel's own winches in play
Says Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, via CNBC's @PippaStevens13 cnbc.com
INBOX: seeking expert for media thing about #EVERGIVEN
ME: I'm not the maritime industry insider you need.
DETAIL: In college I briefly had the ambition to become a captain. Read the materials & crewed summers (e.g. tall ships) to build sea time for a license. Then moved on.
ME: I'm not the maritime industry insider you need.
DETAIL: In college I briefly had the ambition to become a captain. Read the materials & crewed summers (e.g. tall ships) to build sea time for a license. Then moved on.
Geospatial companies have begun flexing on the #EVERGIVEN..
-@planetlabs from 23rd: visual spectrum, low-res (color)
-@capellaspace: synthetic aperture radar (grayscale)
Also: I hope someone(s) has splashed out & tasked a high resolution commercial satellite for a pass.
-@planetlabs from 23rd: visual spectrum, low-res (color)
-@capellaspace: synthetic aperture radar (grayscale)
Also: I hope someone(s) has splashed out & tasked a high resolution commercial satellite for a pass.
It's going to be a while for the #EVERGIVEN.
Curious in meantime about what a #SuezCanal transit on a container ship looks like?
Maritime vlogger JeffHK's content is always good & this vid is an interesting watch.
youtube.com
Curious in meantime about what a #SuezCanal transit on a container ship looks like?
Maritime vlogger JeffHK's content is always good & this vid is an interesting watch.
youtube.com
UPDATE: Help on the way for #EVERGIVEN.
Dredging & heavy lift experts Boskalis have a team steaming towards the "very heavy whale on the beach"* & expect to arrive Thursday AM.
CEO: could take days, or weeks.
*Google translate...
Story: nos.nl
Dredging & heavy lift experts Boskalis have a team steaming towards the "very heavy whale on the beach"* & expect to arrive Thursday AM.
CEO: could take days, or weeks.
*Google translate...
Story: nos.nl
Good work lil digger! #EVERGIVEN's bulbous bow has emerged.
No longer impaling, its now resting the #SuezCanal's shore.
Pic: Suez Canal Authority
No longer impaling, its now resting the #SuezCanal's shore.
Pic: Suez Canal Authority
The MV MAERSK DENVER just cleared the #SuezCanal breakwater, backwards, under tow.
#SuezCanal's hardworking tugs have now removed the full northbound convoy stuck behind the #EVERGIVEN.
Some already back at anchor at designated berths (E.g. pic 3 ASIA RUBY III)
#SuezCanal's hardworking tugs have now removed the full northbound convoy stuck behind the #EVERGIVEN.
Some already back at anchor at designated berths (E.g. pic 3 ASIA RUBY III)
NEW image from @AirbusSpace flexing their Pléiades constellation on the #SuezBLOCKED situation.
Our favorite excavator is barely visible, digging away.
Oblique shot (satellites are cool!) pointed NW is undated. Now-gone MAERSK DENVER is there, so.. probably yesterday.
Our favorite excavator is barely visible, digging away.
Oblique shot (satellites are cool!) pointed NW is undated. Now-gone MAERSK DENVER is there, so.. probably yesterday.
Confession: seeing it from space makes me realize I've developed feelings for...excavator #MARYANNE2
So (informally) christened because every child deserves to have Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel read to them.
I've found it on YouTube: youtube.com
So (informally) christened because every child deserves to have Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel read to them.
I've found it on YouTube: youtube.com
Seeing folks sharing marine traffic rounding Africa & concluding #Suez block is the cause.
Gentle fact check:
-ships aren't that fast
-these are major shipping lanes.
..but it will become more true if #EVERGIVEN stays stuck.
Pic: Tracks from 2012 (shipmap.org)
Gentle fact check:
-ships aren't that fast
-these are major shipping lanes.
..but it will become more true if #EVERGIVEN stays stuck.
Pic: Tracks from 2012 (shipmap.org)
My dad just texted me the best thing ever.
Also: #EVERGIVEN is still stuck
Also: #EVERGIVEN is still stuck
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