[News] Suez Canal

[banjo]

How does a gust of wind manage to do that

 

[Badger]

The ship behind just needs to give it a nudge. Problem solved.

 

[Change at Barnham]

I realise these ships are massive, but the fact that only 50 ships represent a third of the world's container ship traffic seems a low number to me.

"Meanwhile, at least 150 ships laden with oil, automotive parts and consumer goods have accumulated on both sides of the Asia-Europe trade channel, through which about 50 ships a day passed in 2019, representing nearly a third of the world’s container ship traffic."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/25/suez-canal-blocked-ship-ever-given-stuck

It looks like it's not going anywhere soon.

 

[Baker lite]

From the Arabian Sea to London is an approx 5,500 miles longer voyage without the canal.

Greta would do her pieces...


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[Gwylan]

I realise these ships are massive, but the fact that only 50 ships represent a third of the world's container ship traffic seems a low number to me.

"Meanwhile, at least 150 ships laden with oil, automotive parts and consumer goods have accumulated on both sides of the Asia-Europe trade channel, through which about 50 ships a day passed in 2019, representing nearly a third of the world’s container ship traffic."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/25/suez-canal-blocked-ship-ever-given-stuck

It looks like it's not going anywhere soon.

I read that as 150 ships represent a third of world trade (it's a very clumsily written sentence), although that still seems rather low.

 

[schmunk]

I read elsewhere that the Suez canal handles about 10% of the world's maritime trade, but thinking about where containers go (in the main to/from China), a larger proportion makes sense.

 

[AK74]

On a related note, I wasn't aware of the 14 ships trapped in the Suez Canal for eight years between 1967 and 1975:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/557027/time-14-cargo-ships-were-trapped-suez-canal-eight-years

 

[VAL1850]

Apparently using old reserve channel to lessen the load, didn't know they had one. For the amount of traffic trade the canal generates they should look at dualing it, guess more chance of dualing the A27 than that....

 

[crabface]

The ship behind just needs to give it a nudge. Problem solved.

Looks like the ship behind it is now heading back out of the canal. So unfortunatly looks like they have given that idea a miss.

 

[schmunk]

Looks like the ship behind it is now heading back out of the canal. So unfortunatly looks like they have given that idea a miss.

Maybe it's taking a run up...?

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

I realise these ships are massive, but the fact that only 50 ships represent a third of the world's container ship traffic seems a low number to me.

"Meanwhile, at least 150 ships laden with oil, automotive parts and consumer goods have accumulated on both sides of the Asia-Europe trade channel, through which about 50 ships a day passed in 2019, representing nearly a third of the world’s container ship traffic."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/25/suez-canal-blocked-ship-ever-given-stuck

It looks like it's not going anywhere soon.

It's a badly written sentence (it is the Guardian after all.) as others have said I read that as 150 ships represent a third of the World's Container Ships.

 

[nickbrighton]

Apparently using old reserve channel to lessen the load, didn't know they had one. For the amount of traffic trade the canal generates they should look at dualing it, guess more chance of dualing the A27 than that....

This enabled two way traffic, the problem now is akin to a huge articulated lorry blocking both sides of the motorway

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-33800076

 

[AmexRuislip]

 

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[Pinkie Brown]

The ghost of Anthony Eden is having nervous flashbacks. His widow might be too. Incredibly, she is still with us in this world.

 

[Gwylan]

The ghost of Anthony Eden is having nervous flashbacks. His widow might be too. Incredibly, she is still with us in this world.

That was something I discovered a few weeks ago too. Possibly the most mind-blowing bit of trivia I've heard this year

 

[MJsGhost]

The ghost of Anthony Eden is having nervous flashbacks. His widow might be too. Incredibly, she is still with us in this world.

That was something I discovered a few weeks ago too. Possibly the most mind-blowing bit of trivia I've heard this year

A mate sent me that cracking bit of trivia the other day.

I know little history of that time, so I was also interested to see that she's Churchill's niece.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Now freed, and all that shipping can proceed.

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[father_and_son]

Is there still time to make Suez Canal jokes... Or has that ship sailed?

 

[lawros left foot]

Anything Suez can do, Littlehampton can do, well not quite as well.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/191...k-littlehampton-harbour-drifting-early-hours/