# Ship stuck in the Suez **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869 "2021-03-27T19:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/1 "2021-03-27T19:26:57Z")
So, I am getting increasingly confused about the name of the ship in question. Is it Evergreen or Ever Given? If you read the bbc article it refers to the ship as the Ever Given whereas if you see the picture accompanying the article the ship has Evergreen emblazoned across the side in huge letters. > **[Suez Canal: Wedged container ship 'could soon be refloated'](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56547201.amp)** > > The large container vessel became wedged across the canal on Tuesday, causing a traffic jam. ---
**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 27, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/2 "2021-03-27T19:30:15Z")
Ever Given is the ship, Evergreen is the company. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/3 "2021-03-27T19:33:28Z")
And I wouldn’t be surprised if the management of both are indulging heavily in Everclear as they contemplate their liabilities adding up. ---
**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/4 "2021-03-27T19:35:02Z")
Thanks - it did not come up in initial Googling. All I kept getting was “Shoei Kisen” that probably translates to Evergreen ---
**Author:** ![mundylion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundylion/32/3604_2.png) [@mundylion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mundylion)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/5 "2021-03-27T19:35:34Z")
Everclear. That’s a good one. Here is [the ship from Aft.](https://images.wsj.net/im-317285?width=1260&size=1.5) Shows the name of the ship. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/6 "2021-03-27T19:45:22Z")
> [@ashtayk](#): > > Thanks - it did not come up in initial Googling. All I kept getting was “Shoei Kisen” that probably translates to Evergreen Shoei Kisen _owns_ the ship but the _operator_ is Evergreen. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/7 "2021-03-27T19:53:27Z")
Shoei Kisen Kaisha is a ship leasing company, Evergreen Line is a consortium of container shipping companies, Ever Given is the name of this particular ship. And as noted above, Everclear is what everyone involved is drinking right now. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/8 "2021-03-28T02:42:37Z")
There’s probably a new cocktail making the rounds in the shipping industry. Take a tall cocktail glass & rim with salt. Add 1/2" of sand. Fill about halfway with some canal water. Drop in something edible, large, and heavy that sinks to the bottom & settles in the sand, like a jumbo olive. Add enough Everclear to fill the glass. Viola: the Everstuck! ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/9 "2021-03-28T04:17:46Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Evergreen Line is a consortium of container shipping companies, Ever Given is the name of this particular ship. And as noted above, Everclear is what everyone involved is drinking right now. …as they play “Never Have I Ever” First round… “Never have I ever… wedged a 400-meter long container ship sideways in a busy canal.” “Anyone? Anyone?” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/10 "2021-03-28T04:20:36Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Shoei Kisen Kaisha is a ship leasing company, Evergreen Line is a consortium of container shipping companies, Ever Given is the name of this particular ship. And it is all owned by Weyland-Yutani. Don’t open those containers. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/11 "2021-03-28T06:46:44Z")
Even worse, the containers could be leased by Mao-Kwikowski Mercantile. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/12 "2021-03-28T07:24:33Z")
So let’s try to get this straight: - The ship is owned by Japanese company Shoei Kisen Kaisha - It’s operated by Taiwanese company Evergreen Marine Corporation - It’s managed by Singapore company Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement [sic] - It’s registered in Panama - The salvage is being managed by Dutch company Boskalis Westminster - which is the parent company of SMIT Salvage BV, which is actually doing the salvage And the captain is Indian, and the pilot is Egyptian… …a truly world-class screw-up! 😄   ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/13 "2021-03-28T07:49:31Z")
The news said every hour it’s stuck is costing global commerce $400 million. And it could result in shortages, and among the items mentioned is … toilet paper. Not again! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/14 "2021-03-28T08:13:14Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And it could result in shortages, and among the items mentioned is … toilet paper. Not again! On the … not “upside” but “slightly-less-downside” I think a lot of people now have a stash of toilet paper they didn’t last year, so even if there are shortages I am hoping things don’t get quite as insane as last time around. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/15 "2021-03-28T08:15:50Z")
Evergreen has a bunch of [ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-class_container_ship) named along the Ever G\_\_\_\_ pattern: Ever Genius, Ever Glory, Ever Gentle, etc. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/16 "2021-03-28T08:27:36Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > Evergreen has a bunch of [ships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-class_container_ship) named along the Ever G\_\_\_\_ pattern: Ever Genius, Ever Glory, Ever Gentle, etc.   Ever Grounded ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/17 "2021-03-28T08:40:52Z")
@LSLGuy beat you to it **[with his interesting proposal for a new drink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/8)**, the Everstuck. 😃 It occurs to me that a great variation on the basic Everstuck would be the Mudslide Everstuck. The Mudslide used to be made with vodka, cream, and coffee, but the Mudslide Everstuck should be made with Everclear and actual canal mud. An elegant variation of the Mudslide Everstuck is made by adding a few soupçons of bilge water, served in French cafés as the _Mudslide Everstuck d’élégance avec l’eau de bilge_. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/18 "2021-03-28T14:54:52Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And it could result in shortages, and among the items mentioned is … toilet paper. Not again! There’s a thread on it: > [@Suez blockage may cause run on toilet paper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/18): > > The story I heard said it had more to do with China and a global shipping situation. Maybe the Suez canal traffic stoppage affects that, I don’t know. All I need to hear is the warning, and that’s reason enough to pick up a little more. It’s not going to go bad sitting in my closet; I’ll get to the latest purchase eventually. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/19 "2021-03-28T19:29:26Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > Ever Grounded THAT’S FUNNY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Brayne\_Ded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Brayne\_Ded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brayne_Ded)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869/20 "2021-03-28T20:35:47Z")
Hysterical! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-stuck-in-the-suez/938869.md?page=2)