International Suez Canal Crisis 2021: Ever Given Report Highlights Suez Canal Pilots’ Role in Grounding

[Rob Battisti]

I feel really terrible for the livestock what a sad situation

 

[Arkain2K]

Corporate lawyers everywhere are licking their lips waiting for the possible conclusion that this is not a natural disaster caused by the sandstorm, but somebody is at fault for this multi-billion dollar fuck-up.

Egyptian authorities say 'human error' may be to blame for the Suez crash
Joshua Zitser , Business Insider US | Mar 28, 2021​

Egyptian authorities suggest the Ever Given ship running aground on Tuesday morning could be due to "human error," according to MailOnline.

It is a revision of initial claims that blamed environmental factors for the epic Suez Canal jam. Officials initially said that the 1,300-foot-long cargo ship became stuck due to troublesome weather conditions.

Lieutenant-General Osama Rabie, chair of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), said on Tuesday that it probably happened due to "strong winds and a dust storm that obstructed the view," according to the Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm.

But Rabie has since gone back on this assessment. "Strong winds and weather factors were not the main reason," the SCA chief said on Saturday.

The incident that prompted a global trade blockage may have been caused by "technical or human errors," he said, the MailOnline reported.

Moments before it ran aground, the Ever Given was apparently traveling faster than a speed limit set by the Suez Canal Authority, Bloomberg reported.

The Ever Given's last recorded speed was 13.5 knots, logged 12 minutes before it grounded, according to Bloomberg, which cited its own data. The maximum allowed speed through the canal was between 7.6 knots and 8.6 knots, the report said.

The Japan Times also reported the ship was traveling 13.5 knots, adding that two canal pilots were on board when the ship hit land.

The Ever Given didn't have a tugboat escort through the canal, according to Bloomberg. The two ships immediately ahead of it reportedly had escorts, although such escorts were not required.

One ship captain unaffiliated with the grounding spoke with Bloomberg. Chris Cillard, the captain, told the outlet ships sometimes speed up to better control their vessels during wind storms. "Speeding up to a certain point is effective," he said.

The massive container ship is still wedged in the Suez Canal, over five days since it first became lodged.

Workers have made a "significant process" in freeing up the canal and have managed to release the ship's rudder from the sediment, Insider's Michelle Mark reported.

The Ever Given's Suez Canal blockage costs an estimated $400 million per hour, Business Insider's Kelsey Vlamis reported.

Rabie said during a Saturday press conference that he couldn't speculate on when the ship will be re-floated.

https://www.businessinsider.co.za/s...ror-may-be-to-blame-for-ever-given-jam-2021-3

 

[Otto!]

Why did they do it in near the Suez Canal?
When i saw the story it was hilarious.

No idea. Probably seemed like a good idea at the time...

 

[gtm3]

Significantly more, and rising as the traffic jam continues to grow.

There is a big difference between cost of incident and cost of goods beings delayed.

 

[Orgasmo]

Why aren't they doing this? Seems like common sense.

 

[tonni]

Why don't they like, move the ship

 

[FIMN]

Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has said that the Ever Given container ship, which has been blocking the crucial waterway for nearly a week, was partially refloated and has been turned in the “right direction”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/29/ever-given-turned-80-percent-in-right-direction-live-news

 

[Arkain2K]

Why aren't they doing this? Seems like common sense.

Didn't you read any of the news updates? That's the most common-sense way to to get up to date with what's happening.

They are alternating in shifts, 12 hours of dredging the tons of sand and rocks that the ship is sitting on at low tide, then use the team of heavy tug boats to losens it a few yards at high tide, rinse and repeat.

That pix clearly shows the dredging shift at the bow. Without that, the damage could be castatrophic even if they manages to scrape the ship's bottom (and rudder) across the rocks tightly wedged underneath. Or worse: the firmly-stuck ship might become unbalanced and tip over when they try to pull it, and the 9-stack-high wall of containers would start falling off like a steel avalanche.

Also, a recurring question that I keep seeing from the non-readers is "why don't they unload the containers from the start", the simple answer is there are no stationary heavy-duty lift cranes with long arms (like at the ports) built along these barren dessert shores. They *are* sending in a mobile crane, but that would only able to reach the front part of this quarter-mile-long behemoth at best. If they want to redistribute the weight evenly, the unloading would have to be done one by one either by small cranes from other ships anchoring directly next to it, or by heavy-lifting military helicopters, both of which add significant costs and risks to the equation.

That is the reason why Plan A is the safest "Dredge and Pull" strategy.

 

[Oceanmachine]

At least we got some Passover zingers out of this unfortunate situation.

This happened before passover yet people always try and find biblical significancd

This seems like it very much happened on purpose.

Maybe it's time to consider alternatives?

Some PNEs

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-...-israel-blast-with-nuclear-bombs-1960s-2021-3

The US had a plan in the 1960s to blast an alternative Suez Canal through Israel using 520 nuclear bombs

Well there are 2 canals along most of the Suez. The issue is this section of the Suez is narrower and only 1 canal. It would be easier to just make a 2nd cannal along this existing narrow one.
appened before it. Lol always someone trying to tie biblical stuff

 

[Arkain2K]

The stern is dislodged, works continues with the more problematic bow deeply entrenched into the bank.

 

[Supereem]

Corporate lawyers everywhere are licking their lips waiting for the possible conclusion that this is not a natural disaster caused by the sandstorm, but somebody is at fault for this multi-billion dollar fuck-up.

Egyptian authorities say 'human error' may be to blame for the Suez crash
Joshua Zitser , Business Insider US | Mar 28, 2021​

Egyptian authorities suggest the Ever Given ship running aground on Tuesday morning could be due to "human error," according to MailOnline.

It is a revision of initial claims that blamed environmental factors for the epic Suez Canal jam. Officials initially said that the 1,300-foot-long cargo ship became stuck due to troublesome weather conditions.

Lieutenant-General Osama Rabie, chair of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), said on Tuesday that it probably happened due to "strong winds and a dust storm that obstructed the view," according to the Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm.

But Rabie has since gone back on this assessment. "Strong winds and weather factors were not the main reason," the SCA chief said on Saturday.

The incident that prompted a global trade blockage may have been caused by "technical or human errors," he said, the MailOnline reported.

Moments before it ran aground, the Ever Given was apparently traveling faster than a speed limit set by the Suez Canal Authority, Bloomberg reported.

The Ever Given's last recorded speed was 13.5 knots, logged 12 minutes before it grounded, according to Bloomberg, which cited its own data. The maximum allowed speed through the canal was between 7.6 knots and 8.6 knots, the report said.

The Japan Times also reported the ship was traveling 13.5 knots, adding that two canal pilots were on board when the ship hit land.

The Ever Given didn't have a tugboat escort through the canal, according to Bloomberg. The two ships immediately ahead of it reportedly had escorts, although such escorts were not required.

One ship captain unaffiliated with the grounding spoke with Bloomberg. Chris Cillard, the captain, told the outlet ships sometimes speed up to better control their vessels during wind storms. "Speeding up to a certain point is effective," he said.

The massive container ship is still wedged in the Suez Canal, over five days since it first became lodged.

Workers have made a "significant process" in freeing up the canal and have managed to release the ship's rudder from the sediment, Insider's Michelle Mark reported.

The Ever Given's Suez Canal blockage costs an estimated $400 million per hour, Business Insider's Kelsey Vlamis reported.

Rabie said during a Saturday press conference that he couldn't speculate on when the ship will be re-floated.

https://www.businessinsider.co.za/s...ror-may-be-to-blame-for-ever-given-jam-2021-3

It’s difficult to bring a claim against a ship that 1) did not cause you physical damage and/or 2) you have no contractual relationship with (e.g a contract or carriage).

the cargo onboard have apparently already began a joint instruction to the worlds most prominent cargo law firm to 1) defend any claim for general average or salvage and 2) bring a claim for delay.

the other vessels and cargo will struggle. Is negligent navigation a tort under Egyptian law? We will find out I guess. Will third party owners, charterers or cargo interests be able to bring a claim for delay in Egypt? I don’t like their chances.

What about a claim elsewhere? Well you can sue the registered owning company but it has no assets outside the ship, and you can’t arrest the ship or its sisters and force the club to provide an LOU when you don’t have a maritime lien.

Also, most of the potential claims outside of general average and salvage will be subject to a limitation fund.

In any event, the ship’s P&I club will be preparing for a war on all fronts.

 

[HockeyBjj]

Finally some evidence of progress!





low tide now tho. Hopefully more progress next high tide

 

[Curmudgeon]

And she's afloat!
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/29/sue...s-after-cargo-ship-ever-given-is-removed.html

 

[Kandyland]

Why don't they like, move the ship

 

[Arkain2K]

 

[mike bags]

 

[mike bags]

 

[Fox by the Sea]

everyone booing as the ship leaves the suez canal

 

[Armbars]

I feel really terrible for the livestock what a sad situation

Ohh I see.

Let's forget about the ps5 backlog
The Donald Trump fleshlights
The cheap chinese shit that breaks after a week and worry about the livestock shall we?

 

[Arkain2K]

Suez Canal resumes daily traffic, but accident investigation just begins

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Containerships began streaming through the Suez Canal again today after waiting nearly a week for emergency crews to tow the Evergreen Line Corp.’s “Ever Given” ship off the banks of the waterway where it was grounded, but the echoes of the abrupt stop in global trade will reverberate for months.

In the short term, maritime ports throughout Europe and Asia could be swamped in coming days by the sudden arrival of simultaneous waves of imports, as delayed freighters race to make up time and exchange their loads for new containers, logistics insiders say.

And in the long term, that pulse of container volume will add another layer of stress onto supply chains that were already groaning under the weight of efforts to jumpstart retail and manufacturing economies that have been shuttered for a year under pandemic shutdowns.

Long before the Ever Given ran aground on March 23 during a sandstorm in the canal between the Mediterranean and Red seas, international freight flows were already snarled by the rush to restock warehouses, stores, and factories. Those sporadic reopenings have happened on different dates in various industries, states, and nations, quickly causing shortages and surpluses of shipping containers.

Companies are having trouble restocking due to shipping delays, inventory issues, and port congestion, according to a statement by Johnathan Foster, principal consultant with the London-based supply chain consultancy Proxima Group.

“It’s not just the ships that travel through areas like the Suez Canal, it is the availability of containers. At the onset of the pandemic, essential medical supplies went into South America and Africa and containers got stuck there,” Foster said in a release. “Ships have become so full that they are not able to send feeder vessels to go pick those up. As a result, there was a shortage of 40-foot containers in Asia and they started using 20 foot containers in place. This had a cascading impact as what normally takes one box now takes two.”

Now that tugboats have pulled the 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU)-capacity Ever Given into the canal’s widest point, called the Great Bitter Lake, other vessels can finally resume their trips, and those peaks and valleys will eventually begin to level out. But maritime authorities have just begun their inspection of the accident’s cause, the ship’s condition, and the dispersal of its cargo.

“The chartered vessel will be repositioned to the Great Bitter Lake in the Canal for an inspection of its seaworthiness. The outcome of that inspection will determine whether the ship can resume its scheduled service. Once the inspection is finalized, decisions will be made regarding arrangements for cargo currently on board,” Evergreen Line said in a release today.

“We are most grateful to the Suez Canal Authority and all the concerned parties for their assistance and support through this difficult and unfortunate situation. We would also like to express our deepest appreciation to the crew who remain steadfast in their posts as well as the salvage experts and dredging team for their professionalism and relentless efforts over the past 6 days toward securing this outcome. Evergreen will coordinate with the shipowner to deal with subsequent matters after the shipowner and other concerned parties complete investigation reports into the incident,” Evergreen Line said.

https://www.dcvelocity.com/articles...raffic-but-accident-investigation-just-begins