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They know they have a monopoly. There are no viable alternative routes, so they just don't care enough.
by eliseumds 6y ago
They 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.
- boc 6y agoAnd that's how you'd get a nice, friendly visit from the Sixth Fleet.
- yellowapple 6y ago"Knock knock. It's the United States. With huge boats. With guns. Gunboats."
- NickNameNick 6y agoThe US navy has a proud tradition of gunboat diplomacy going back at least as far as commodore Perry and the opening of japan.
- yellowapple 6y agoThat's indeed the reference, yep: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o
- umanwizard 6y agoThat would be illegal and if they attempted to enforce it they would be engaging in piracy.
- imtringued 6y agoIf I were South Africa I would make sure that this route is as attractive as possible.
- sn41 6y agoHistorically, isn't that a "stormier" route? As the euphemism "Cape of Good Hope" replaced the "Cape of Storms". Also, I think shipping is about to get more expensive, I guess.
- adwn 6y ago> Historically, isn't that a "stormier" route? I'm no expert, but I think it makes a huge difference whether you're in a flimsy, wooden ship with even flimsier sails made of cloth, or in a 400m long, extremely massive steel vessel with a reliable internal combustion engine.
- ryathal 6y agoVs. storms at sea it's not a major difference, and if anything the sail boat is in better shape. The real advantage is accurate weather reports to avoid the worst of it.
- adwn 6y ago> if anything the sail boat is in better shape Why? That sounds implausible. Firstly, the larger a ship, the less affected it is by waves. Secondly, high winds will shred your sails, but without sails it's hard to maneuver .
- sn41 6y agoThe problem with Ever Given was exactly the "sail area", since it was a big boat [1]. You can check videos of container ships in storms on Youtube. [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/sail-area https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/sail-area
- adwn 6y agoI did. They seem to be doing fine, even in waves which could have swallowed an entire sailing ship.