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Ever Given Ships Erratic Route into Suez Canal
- vegancap 6y agoBasically drew a nob and bollocks, then yolo'd right in. Huh...
- pluc 6y agoThe 'fuck it we'll do it live' of the sea
- robthebrew 6y agoBit of a dick move then.
- detaro 6y agoRelatively clearly drifting around at anchor at the start, since ships that size can't drive sideways that way if not tethered. Good on the visualization to show the heading!
- o-__-o 6y agoAhh I was wondering about the heading. Makes complete sense
- gvb 6y agoInteresting sequence. You can see the pilots being dropped off on a couple of ships (blue icons) and then the Ever Given. Once it has a pilot, it circles to get proper spacing with the ship ahead and sequences into the canal. As the ship goes through the canal, it goes towards the east bank (consistent with a strong gust of wind blowing it off course) and then veers into the west bank. Looks like they overcompensated when they were blown off-course.
- pacificmint 6y ago> it goes towards the east bank (consistent with a strong gust of wind blowing it off course) Apparently the wind was coming from the east, so it was more likely the opposite, a lull. The ship was oversteering to the left the whole time because of the strong wind. When there was a sudden lull in the wind it got too close to the left side. The bank effect might have then pushed the bow away and pulled the stern in, resulting in the ship getting wedged. [1] has a good description of the situation and the bank effect. [1] https://archive.is/pmUEm https://archive.is/pmUEm
- outside1234 6y agoI'm amazed the ships behind can stop in time and that there wasn't a horrible multi tanker/container ship accident. My understanding is that the momentum these large vessels have mean that it can take 3 or more km for them to stop. ref: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/oil-tanker#:~:text=Because%20of%20their%20huge%20mass,diameter%20of%20about%202%20km https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sci....
- gruez 6y agodidn't the ship lose power before running aground? If so that means the ship would still be coasting and there would be time to warn the ship behind to stop. It'd be much worse if the ship was intentionally steered into the canal banks.
- edoceo 6y agoHow do they warn folks behind? Lamps? Radio? aIS?
- gruez 6y agoRadio running on backup power?
- seattle_spring 6y agoI would think a call or text would do the trick.
- kokx 6y agoI'm not sure if they strictly need to be warned. Every ship of such size runs lots of radars already. They probably noticed the ship slowing down already, and adjusted their own speed.
- shellfishgene 6y agoProbably radio, they all have pilots on board who radio each other and the harbor.
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- adolph 6y agoI wish that there was a way to casually visualize directly from data instead of relying on tertiary sources. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:5630138/zoom:16 https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:5630138/zoo...
- robthebrew 6y agoThat doesn't go more than 24 hours back without login
- gammarator 6y agoGiven the shape being drawn I don’t think this is real.
- emteycz 6y agoIt is real, multiple sources reported that movement. It seems accidental, some other ships there probably made that pattern too.
- o-__-o 6y agoAnchored ship drifting in the winds and currents. Note the direction of the bow.
- dwaltrip 6y agoSurvivor bias. If it didn’t accidentally draw that shape, it wouldn’t have been shared and we wouldn’t be hearing about it.
- codyb 6y agoLooks like a pretty standard holding pattern. They seem to have carved out a sort of area that other ships don’t come into much, then they drift with the currents and winds until they approach the outer bounds of their “parking space” and bring it back in a bit. It all seemed normal enough to me until it started going in without a tug like those other container ships in front of it. Then it looks like it lilted to the left and must have over corrected and ended up in its current position. Couldn’t help but laugh as the tugs started coming in. What a hopeless situation but such a natural response. Everyone comes over and starts checking out the mess.
- yread 6y agoHow are the ships that were already in the canal (behind Ever Given) staying in place? Did they just drop an anchor - it doesn't look like there is that much space to swing on it? Are there hard points that they could tie to? Or did they just run aground as well?
- Badfood 6y agoI've been trying to figure this out too. Maybe they have a stern anchor too? Maybe each needs a stern tug?
- yread 6y agoThis is a way better video with some explanation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hoPmPhwLq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hoPmPhwLq4
- ThePowerOfFuet 6y ago>Oops! We couldn't find that page
- WorldPeas 6y agodid anyone else notice the initial path seemed a bit... phallic? guess I'm just a bit juvenile
- jimsmart 6y agoReportedly, there are some wild conspiracy theories about this: "QAnon’s Suez Canal Dick Ship Conspiracies Are Getting Wilder and Wilder" https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8n9q/suez-canal-qanon-cargo-ship-conspiracies-are-getting-wild https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy8n9q/suez-canal-qanon-carg...
- mrlonglong 6y agoMagnificent, they drew a dick pic. How perfectly juvenile.