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It's fascinating to try to imagine the atmosphere in the room as they dust of decades old contingency plans of "what to do if Suez is closed?" and divert a sixt
by hytfyiv3j 3y ago
It's fascinating to try to imagine the atmosphere in the room as they dust of decades old contingency plans of "what to do if Suez is closed?" and divert a sixth of the worlds shipping around the whole continent of Africa, probably adding a lot of cost in fuel and serious operational concerns as the ports naturally aren't ready for such a huge increase in traffic.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThose plans aren't very dusty, and were likely all updated quite recently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction
- hytfyiv3j 3y agoIt must have been obvious from the start that it couldn't last too long, making just waiting it out the logical strategy.