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Does anybody keep track how often these ships lose all power? Wasn't that long ago that another massive cargo ship lost power in the Suez, crashed and blocked
by jgeada 3y ago
Does anybody keep track how often these ships lose all power?
Wasn't that long ago that another massive cargo ship lost power in the Suez, crashed and blocked that channel for a while.
Somehow I'd expect that there would be backup systems keeping basic rudder control going even in a total power failure, but clearly that isn't the case.
- sparky_z 3y agoThe Ever Given didn't lose power, it was just a very big ship trying to navigate through a very small, shallow channel and was hit by strong enough winds to knock it off course.