# Have you looked at the traffic jam in Suez? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584 "2021-03-24T14:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/1 "2021-03-24T14:55:33Z")
[-=Here=-](https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:31.0/centery:29.4/zoom:6) is the live map of the backup. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/2 "2021-03-24T15:01:47Z")
Wow, when I looked at it yesterday, there was, maybe two dozen ships between the two sides. There must be several hundred now. I wonder how many problems that’s going to cause as ships end up stuck in the water for days or weeks longer than planned. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/3 "2021-03-24T15:01:50Z")
In case anyone doesn’t know: A very large container ship managed to get stuck sideways in the Canal. > **[Massive Container Ship Runs Aground In Suez Canal, Halting Traffic](https://www.npr.org/2021/03/24/980619232/massive-container-ship-runs-aground-in-suez-canal-halting-traffic)** > > Traffic through one of the world's busiest waterways was stalled after the Ever Given ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/4 "2021-03-24T15:04:59Z")
See previous topic here: > [@Breaking News: Suez Canal blocked by a mega-sized container vessel \[Cleared\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-suez-canal-blocked-by-a-mega-sized-container-vessel/938516/80): > > [Supposedly](https://www.gac.com/news--media/hot-port-news/efforts-to-refloat-grounded-vessel/) it’s been partly refloated and its direction turned. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/5 "2021-03-24T15:06:05Z")
Can you imagine all the angry horn honking… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/6 "2021-03-24T15:20:35Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Can you imagine all the angry horn honking… - And then some idjit tries to bypass the traffic jam by driving on the shoulder… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/7 "2021-03-24T15:26:56Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And then some idjit tries to bypass the traffic jam by driving on the shoulder… BMW doesn’t make boats, so it’s [invariably this douchebag](https://www.google.com/search?q=powerboats+with+multiple+engines&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiFuoW6nsnvAhUQEVkFHXT3B_wQ_AUoAXoECAsQAw&biw=1366&bih=625). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/8 "2021-03-24T15:32:28Z")
That’s a fun map. Most of the blue boats around the Evergiven appear to be “tugs and special craft”, presumably involved in unsticking it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/9 "2021-03-24T15:33:40Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > BMW doesn’t make boats, so it’s [invariably this douchebag](https://www.google.com/search?q=powerboats+with+multiple+engines&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiFuoW6nsnvAhUQEVkFHXT3B_wQ_AUoAXoECAsQAw&biw=1366&bih=625). - [They do.](https://www.bmw-yachtsport.com/en/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/10 "2021-03-24T15:38:07Z")
From the other topic, I found this map to be a bit more user friendly. > **[EVER GIVEN Current position (Container Ship, IMO 9811000) - VesselFinder](https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9811000)** > > EVER GIVEN last position is 53.97381 N, 8.49038 E heading to Hamburg, Germany with speed of 16.4 knots. TRACK ON MAP... ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/11 "2021-03-25T02:16:36Z")
Duplicate thread. Closing this one at the request of the OP Other thread is here > [@Breaking News: Suez Canal blocked by a mega-sized container vessel \[Cleared\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-suez-canal-blocked-by-a-mega-sized-container-vessel/938516): > > This happened this morning, and holy cow, this thing is WEDGED. I was thinking of cracking a joke about how the captain couldn’t be bothered to get directions, but having the Suez blocked is pretty significant. And, of course, my paranoia is whispering to me (it’s not a clinical paranoia, just my brain being able to conceive of evil scenarios) that this is not a case of sometimes shit happens, it’s a case of someone deliberately blocking the canal and the ship is actually a really HUGE float… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-looked-at-the-traffic-jam-in-suez/938584/12 "2021-03-25T02:16:50Z")