Apparently she’s stopping in the lake area for a full damage inspection. She won’t be continuing immediately.
Was going to say,either at the lake or at Port Said they should be making a stop so a proper inspection can be made before continuing to high seas.
Makes sense, thanks for the update (you too JR)
One expects their Egyptian pilot team got a pointed call from their GrandBoss about not screwing this one up too.
Vessel Finder now shows a dozen or so ships (including five livestock carriers and assorted container ships) under way southbound from the Great Bitter Lake.
Also those ships will have to queue up now to unload, they will be calling at multiple ports and their transport hubs will also be backlogged when they all arrive at once - its not just a case of a logjam cleared and everything is fine, that logjam will now all arrive at their various destinations a lot closer together - aqnd they will all need resources such as fuel food and crew at the same time
Any theories/explanations for this? It sure looks like a definite list.
Earlier reports said there was some flooding in the forward void and in the bow thruster, and I believe they pumped out some ballast. That could have changed the trim a bit.
Well, it appears that it’s moving. Would not surprise me at all if tugs are surrounding it, and probably still attached front and rear. What if there is a problem with the rudder? Best be ready.
Folks, it takes a while for the news to hit the front page of whatever news service you are using. The stern was freed Saturday or Sunday, fully floating came early Monday with the high tide and hard work. As I type this, it is way up the canal in a lake and other traffic is moving.
People are correct with the news they have been given; however, it may not be the most current situation. Not worth getting ones knickers in a twist about it, IMO.
Looking at it now, most of the ships that were in the Great Bitter Lake are now in the Gulf of Suez, and there’s a southbound convoy of ~30 ships following them.
It is possible I missed it, but I expected a mention in the evening news (PBS News Hour is still on but they are past the headlines)
Brian
Canal’s not wide enough.
Watson, I believe @SCAdian may have come up with a clue that may crack this case wide open!
I was late to the party hearing about the happy floating. I immediately did searches online for the story but mostly to see the crucial video.
I’ve been disappointed that I haven’t been able to find what I would consider to be the “money shot” i.e.-- a time-lapse clip from above (probably from satellite, maybe a drone or heli) of the ship actually being turned and freed from the bank.
If it was a time-lapse from the side that would be ok too, though not as good. Surely this video exists? I can think of nothing else that sums up the story better visually. Anyone seen a shot like this?
So, this was the path of the vessel shortly before it entered the suez canal. It doesn’t look random to me…
@Princhester is this normal for ships that need to wait to enter a canal? Is this the sort of thing that might come up in a liability hearing?
Sure, it’s just them killing time looping around probably waiting for their spot in a convoy or for pilots. That it looks like a cock and balls is just going to be a coincidence.
We humans come preprogrammed to see stuff like this.
I can’t tell from the cropped image, but is the cock part perpendicular to the canal?
Excuse the dumb non-mariner question, but why don’t they just anchor rather than loop around as shown? Seems rather inefficient in terms of fuel use. Obviously there is a good explanation, I just don’t know what it is.