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Was this another close call major issue indicating a new pattern, or was this one of tens of minor incidents that typically happened in Suez and didn't get repo
by IkmoIkmo 5y ago
Was this another close call major issue indicating a new pattern, or was this one of tens of minor incidents that typically happened in Suez and didn't get reported on until Ever Given?
Not that the two are necessarily mutually exclusive but it's likely leaning hard towards one of the two.
- lindenstark 5y agoOnly around ~75 incidents reported this decade [0], so it's fairly uncommon. Definitely getting more attention now because of last time though. [0] (slightly outdated) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-24/suez-blockage-is-a-signal-of-what-s-ahead-as-ships-get-bigger https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-24/suez-bloc...
- kbutler 5y ago75/decade == 1 every 7 weeks Sounds pretty common, or as the grandparent said, "tens of minor incidents that...didn't get reported on"
- lindenstark 5y agowhen put into perspective that is pretty frequent, ~0.02% chance per ship.
- lavoiems 5y agoPut differently, we had an average of 7.5 incidents per year in the last decade.
- lindenstark 5y agoya, I wonder what the risk is of getting stuck long term like earlier this year. According to the wikipedia page it looks like it has only happened a few times in history.
- gonational 5y agoGiven that MV Ever Given drew a penis and balls outside the canal[1] before entering, I suspect there is a chance the jam was not an accident. 1. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_605c2e44c5b67ad3871c9afe https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_605c2e44c5b67ad3871c9afe