Suez C anal blockage

[afm199]

I have read through all this and a couple of other articles and I admit I have no idea of how these things are done but, if a semi truck is stuck off the road, we send a similar sized tow truck to pull them out.

Why send a bunch of substantially smaller tug boats to try to push/pull the mammoth ship free instead of sending in a similar sized ship and use the big ship to pull the grounded ship free.

This is too simplistic and I must be missing something...

Same reason we don't use a Cadillac to pull a Cadillac out of the ditch. You'll just burn out the transmission and ruin the tires. Or pull off the bumper.

The tugs may have 6,000 and up horsepower, in a small package with big moveable screws, designed to push and pull, with appropriate anchoring points, low in the water, and five of them will have as much power a a big ship like the one in the canal. They can be moved ANYWHERE needed, as opposed to a big ship like the one stuck, which could just end up stuck as well.

 

[Kornholio]

can a chinook out lift a skycrane?

Nope.

 

[CABilly]

Sooo, with the wiener path and being the only boat getting blown off track, is anyone thinking it got hacked?

Also:

 

[buellistic]

Same reason we don't use a Cadillac to pull a Cadillac out of the ditch. You'll just burn out the transmission and ruin the tires. Or pull off the bumper.

The tugs may have 6,000 and up horsepower, in a small package with big moveable screws, designed to push and pull, with appropriate anchoring points, low in the water, and five of them will have as much power a a big ship like the one in the canal. They can be moved ANYWHERE needed, as opposed to a big ship like the one stuck, which could just end up stuck as well.

Maybe the tugs pull a similar size ship connected to the stuck one
for a good yank.
Maybe they will finish building 2 lanes now..

 

[Climber]

Maybe the tugs pull a similar size ship connected to the stuck one
for a good yank.
Maybe they will finish building 2 lanes now..

That's not a bad thought, though the trick is to keep from ripping the stuck ship in half. Remember that this ship is 1/4 mile long, the forces applied would be enormous and in angles that it was never intended to sustain.

On another note, I do wonder how many of these huge ships get split by huge rogue waves each year.

 

[Lucky Jones]

On another note, I do wonder how many of these huge ships get split by huge rogue waves each year.

Like this?

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Here's a bizarrely narrated explanation video:

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[buellistic]

That's not a bad thought, though the trick is to keep from ripping the stuck ship in half. Remember that this ship is 1/4 mile long, the forces applied would be enormous and in angles that it was never intended to sustain.

On another note, I do wonder how many of these huge ships get split by huge rogue waves each year.

Many around cape town Africa.

 

[afm199]

Bloomberg says the ship has been floated and is free. Not yet progressing, though.

 

[tuxumino]

[youtube]9vST6hVRj2A[/youtube]

 

[cheez]

"The MV Ever Given was successfully re-floated at 04:30 lt 29/03/2021. She is being secured at the moment."

 

[mikev]

shamelessly stolen from twitter

So, does the boat just sheepishly finish its trip now? Like a float of shame?

 

[Caddywumpus]

Bloomberg says the ship has been floated and is free. Not yet progressing, though.

It's a floater!

 

[motomania2007]

Same reason we don't use a Cadillac to pull a Cadillac out of the ditch. You'll just burn out the transmission and ruin the tires. Or pull off the bumper.

The tugs may have 6,000 and up horsepower, in a small package with big moveable screws, designed to push and pull, with appropriate anchoring points, low in the water, and five of them will have as much power a a big ship like the one in the canal. They can be moved ANYWHERE needed, as opposed to a big ship like the one stuck, which could just end up stuck as well.

The ship has about 79k hp...

6k hp seems paltry in comparison.

Great that it finally got free.

 

[afm199]

The ship has about 79k hp...

6k hp seems paltry in comparison.

Great that it finally got free.

Does it? The ship can apply most of that thrust along its axis.

The Tug can apply ( and they use multiple tugs) at right angles to the axis.

Which do you think makes more sense to pull a ship out that is lodged nose first in the sand?

However, I am sure they would appreciate your expertise there!

 

[afm199]

The ship is under weigh and moving to an anchorage point for further examination.

 

[blrmaker]

The ship is under weigh and moving to an anchorage point for further examination.

I bet the inspections will take awhile. Imagine if that ship broke up further into its voyage.

 

[ThumperX]

 

[Yakoo752]

She's now in the Great Bitter Lake where she will be given a full inspection

 

[augustiron]

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[wazzuFreddo]

Got Valgar out there with the industrial strength CANAL BLOW EPSOM SALTS