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Only about the center third of the channel is actually deep enough for this massive ship. Both ends of the ship is stuck in several meters of sand. So far they'
by 6nf 6y ago
Only about the center third of the channel is actually deep enough for this massive ship. Both ends of the ship is stuck in several meters of sand. So far they've only managed get two bulldozers on to try and dig it out but progress is slow.
- blhack 6y agoThose excavators are there for show while they try to figure out what to do. There is absolutely no chance that 2 guys with excavators are going to dredge out enough of the canal to free the ship, and the canal authorities know this. It there was even shadow of a chance that that might work, then every single excavator in Northern Africa would be on it's way to the canal to dig it out and free the ship. In fact I'd say that if there was even a snowball's chance in hell that that would work, China would be airdropping excavators into the area as we speak.
- OldHand2018 6y ago> In fact I'd say that if there was even a snowball's chance in hell that that would work Damn straight, considering the law of salvage[1]: > The law of salvage is a principle of maritime law whereby any person who helps recover another person's ship or cargo in peril at sea is entitled to a reward commensurate with the value of the property salved. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_salvage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_salvage
- hyperbovine 6y agoI'm no expert but the ship does not appear to be at sea. One could even venture so far to say that that is the crux of the matter.
- adamjb 6y agoNot an expert either but I found this: >Thus, if the ship was not a under command, unable to navigate or to reach port unaided, the service will be considered salvage even though the ship was not in imminent danger of destruction. >It was in the light of this that Gilmore posits that releasing a ship that has run aground or on reefs, breaching a ship to keep her from running on rock, raising a sunken vessel, putting out a fire, and recapture of a ship taken by pirates, are all salvage acts. The maritime salvor as a volunteer adventurer, Nzeribe Ejimnkeonye Abangwu, International Journal of Law, Volume 3; Issue 5; September 2017
- demarq 6y agoI see what you did there
- dheera 6y agoThat's not a good deal. If it was your property that was lost, you now have to pay full price in cash to get your property back? If that was the deal, forget salvaging it, just buy a new one with the cash instead. Just ditch the ship and buy a new one if that's the choice you face.
- fuzxi 6y agoCommensurate means proportionate, not equivalent. A $100 reward for rescuing a $100 billion ship is not commensurate, and neither is a $100 billion reward.
- rasz 6y agoOh it gets better, they could declare General Average https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_average https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_average and then instead of buying new one of what you lost you are chipping in for everyone else on board.
- PeterisP 6y agoWell, the law of salvage wouldn't apply since there's no "peril at sea" involved - the ship and its crew and its cargo are in no imminent danger. They are stuck, but there's no damage or destruction expected to them that would justify salvage. Losses by ship inactivity or blocking the channel are out of scope for salvage, since these are costs to someone else, and salvage law applies when you rescue the property of the ship owner/operator, it refers only to value of ship and cargo and (recently) environmental damage like oil spills (if it would be the liability of the ship operator).
- londons_explore 6y agoKind of amazing that in 48 hours, an event happens that threatens one of Egypts major income streams and political power sources, and the maximum they can spare is 2 bulldozers... Like why not call in the army, rent every bulldozer in the district, and within 12 hours you'll have 30 on site and be able to move a lot of sand quickly to free it?
- eliseumds 6y agoThey know they have a monopoly. There are no viable alternative routes, so they just don't care enough.
- ceejayoz 6y agoSure there is. It's about to be busier than usual. https://imgur.com/a/nu0CNPi https://imgur.com/a/nu0CNPi
- londons_explore 6y agoIf I were South Africa, I would announce a tax on passing within 100 miles of their shore for commercial shipping...
- stereo 6y agoTerritorial waters extend 12 nautical miles (22 km) from a coastline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea#UNCLOS_III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_t...
- khuey 6y agoAlso this would be innocent passage anyways.
- dragonwriter 6y agoWell, that would trigger some Freedom of Navigation Operations.
- nate_meurer 6y agoIt's possible the excavation is exploratory in nature. It might be hard to know how stuck the bow is without digging a little.