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Ship remains stuck in Suez Canal for fifth day after effort to free it failed
- cwwc 6y ago> pparently anticipating long delays, the owners of the stuck vessel diverted a sister ship, the Ever Greet, on a course around Africa instead, according to satellite data. Others also are being diverted. The liquid natural gas carrier Pan Americas changed course in the mid-Atlantic, now aiming south to go around the southern tip of Africa, according to satellite data from MarineTraffic.com. The Financial Times reported on Friday that a number of shipping groups had contacted the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet over maritime security concerns for vessels that do chose to sail south around Africa, which would Fascinating bit. Curios to see if there is an uptick in pirate attacks.
- m463 6y ago"Concerns about piracy, due to the unprecedented concentration of valuable shipping in such a small area, has prompted shipping companies to make inquiries to the Bahrain-based United States Fifth Fleet about security." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction
- kjrose 6y agoThis is absolutely fascinating to watch how a single ship van basically stop 10-15% of world trade cold with little effort. It's especially amazing finding out more and more how thoroughly stuck this ship is.
- magicalhippo 6y agoWell those canals are pretty much the definition of a bottleneck, no? But yeah, it does put things into perspective.
- m463 6y agoLloyd's List estimates the value of the goods delayed each hour at US$400 million, and that every day it takes to clear the obstruction will disrupt an additional US$9 billion worth of goods. wow