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Given the shape being drawn I don’t think this is real.

• emteycz 6y ago
  It is real, multiple sources reported that movement. It seems accidental, some other ships there probably made that pattern too.
  • o-__-o 6y ago
    Anchored ship drifting in the winds and currents. Note the direction of the bow.
• dwaltrip 6y ago
  Survivor 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 ago
  Looks 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.