Suez blocked.

[Fr J Hackett]

I am surprised that they have not used either compressed air to liquify and wash away the sand or even a water jet. The other thing they might do is to dig a big and deep hole in front of the bow but leave sufficient material to keep the canal out, when it's done just knock away the retaining wall allow the canal to flood in bringing with it most if not all the sand under the bow. Cheap and simple it may work it may not but I would have given it a go.

 

[Kukri]

Um, does that cycle time include finding somewhere to dump the container e.g. a flotilla of bumboats, or just park them in the water pro tem?

Assuming flat top barges and barges cycled to Suez by tugs for unloading and forwarding.

 

[Wandering Star]

Quickest way of lightening the ship would be to offer.a free short holiday in the vicinity to Scousers - she’d float free in no time.

 

[Frank Holden]

In the meantime just land them on the canal bank.....
Back to the dynamite idea... thats a bit extreme.

You could - however - surgicaly remove... with gas axes... the pointy bit just frd of the collision bulkhead.... all same Suevic... golly thats showing my age...

 

[BurnitBlue]

In the meantime just land them on the canal bank.....
Back to the dynamite idea... thats a bit extreme.

You could - however - surgicaly remove... with gas axes... the pointy bit just frd of the collision bulkhead.... all same Suevic... golly thats showing my age...

Excellent idea. Regarding that sawn off bit of the bow. Can we tow it somewhere safe, then blow it up with dyanamite. Keep me in the loop, so to speak?

 

[Kukri]

In the meantime just land them on the canal bank.....
Back to the dynamite idea... thats a bit extreme.

You could - however - surgicaly remove... with gas axes... the pointy bit just frd of the collision bulkhead.... all same Suevic... golly thats showing my age...

SS Suevic - Wikipedia

 

[michael_w]

Cue 'The front fell off'

 

[Bilgediver]

The Youth of Today have it easy; when I was a lad you were expected to do a voyage estimate in your head and write down the answer on the back of an envelope standing on the floor of the Baltic Exchange! I used to reckon to do half a dozen or so per fixture; I asked a Greek friend how many he did and he said “Oh, maybe thirty”. Petros owned two elderly tweendeckers when he said that; he is now a billionaire shipowner and I am not!?

Should have had a name ending OS and been brought up in The Exchange and Tiger Bay

 

[Kukri]

Shipping makes alternate Suez plans with removal of Evergreen boxship not a given - Splash247

 

[JohnGC]

If as Kukri tells us, the shipping business has a significant interest in IT. Then it simply needs to do this;



Edit: I can't take credit for the idea as I received it from my nephew.

 

[doris]

At least it isn’t Titan Uranus that’s stuck in the canal.
Twitter seems to be cranking up some serious weirdos on this subject, unlike the very learned and sensible chaps here.

 

[pyrojames]

Where does that photo come from? It’s brilliant!

That explains it all, someone was sunbathing on the bank...

 

[westernman]

If as Kukri tells us, the shipping business has a significant interest in IT. Then it simply needs to do this;

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Edit: I can't take credit for the idea as I received it from my nephew.

They just need to twiddle that knob on the Volvo IPS

Actually IPS is nowhere near as effective as a couple of tugs.

 

[Bilgediver]

I think that as a consequence of a disabled ship, a wind on the beam and possibly a slight flow in the canal we have a new lock gate. Suspect it could ke

 

[Bilgediver]

Be much easier to unshackle the anchor on the nearby ship and run the anchor chain down to the stern of the Ever Whatsit and warp her around. Might have to take the other anchor aft. All in a days work for an anchor handling vessel

 

[penfold]

In the meantime just land them on the canal bank.....
Back to the dynamite idea... thats a bit extreme.

You could - however - surgicaly remove... with gas axes... the pointy bit just frd of the collision bulkhead.... all same Suevic... golly thats showing my age...

Line cutting charge wrapped around at the relevant point; boom!

It's well on if this is anything like reality.

 

[pyrojames]

At the risk of being a total bore, I am still serious about dynamite. A step too far perhaps but old squadron (617 squadron) could vapourise that ship by evening. Cleaning up could be done with a garden rake. Seriously though, there must be watertight bulkheads so it would stay afloat if the bow were blown off.

My preferred solution should not come as a surprise to anyone who knows me. Simply set the deck cargo on fire, with a bit a planning and box selection you could probably burn off enough tonnage to get afloat within the week.

 

[Concerto]

If as Kukri tells us, the shipping business has a significant interest in IT. Then it simply needs to do this;

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Edit: I can't take credit for the idea as I received it from my nephew.

All of you who like this idea must be daft asI think it should be turned counter clockwise to release the ship..

 

[Caraway]

Today programme Today - 26/03/2021 - BBC Sounds 2hrs 11 minutes.

John Denham Chair UK Chamber of Shipping explains the two option.

 

[Caraway]

Where does that photo come from? It’s brilliant!

Channel News Asia via my daughter in Singapore. But as Bajansailor has pointed out widely used elsewhere.

The clue is in the link "Reuters/Ahmed Fahmy"