Suez canal traffic jam

[rockyroller]

a cpl summers ago I got a big splinter due to not wearing gloves & stupidly caressing pressure treated lumber before cutting it. the splinter went in 1 side of my pincky finger & came out the other side. no colleague wanted to touch it, so off to the ER. the doc numbed the finger. used a scalpel to widen the entrance hole, then forceps to back it out the way it went in. maybe that logic can be used & a bunch of tug boats can pull from the stern?

 

[rockyroller]

The plan to refloat it was to send a bigger ship in at full pelt to create a large bow wave which would refloat the stranded vessel.
He said it was a bit hairy because it's a dead end, and they only just managed to slow the ship/turn it to one side before it too crashed into land.

wow, talk about cajones!

 

[Beebo]

In the days before sky-high stacked containers I think they would have transferred enough of the cargo to another ship alongside so it became lighter and easier to free. Can you do that on this scale ,in this place without shore side cranes?

They are all bolted together and need special cranes to do it quickly. The process relies on everything being perfectly lined up in parallel.

 

[Drago]

Nuke it!

 

[a.twiddler]

A ship load of ballons and another one full of helium could be on their way at this very moment! Oh, wait, there's a blockage.

 

[Beebo]

Nuke it!

It’s what Trump would have suggested during a rambling news conference. He’s an ideas man.

 

[snorri]

There has been discussion about the need to remove containers. It would need cranes and will take quite a long time to organise and complete.

That scheme is active.
https://gcaptain.com/smit-start-suez-box-removal/

 

[rockyroller]

That scheme is active.
https://gcaptain.com/smit-start-suez-box-removal/

omg, that's some photo! wonder how much all that weighs!? unloading that is gonna take months!

 

[bruce1530]

Can’t they fill it with helium and float it away?

 

[snorri]

omg, that's some photo! wonder how much all that weighs!? unloading that is gonna take months!

Yes, a good one!
It's not so long ago since a big containership would have 13 containers side by side across the ship, now we are up to 23!

 

[lane]

There has been a lot of talk about some massive backlog at Felexstowe. Not sure if that is still the case - but if so maybe a chance for that to get up to date.

 

[Seevio]

I guess we now know how badly you have to screw up to cause a traffic jam in the ocean.

 

[Drago]

Chop the end off with a big hacksaw - or lots of little ones - and weld it back on after.

 

[newfhouse]

Ships of the future should be made flexible in the middle, like bendy buses or trains.

 

[BoldonLad]

I think we at CycleChat can do better, be better than this. If we can fix someones dodgy transmission issues remotely, then refloating a boat should be easy.
The call for ideas is out.

Come back Trump, he would fix it, quick nuclear strike, would even have to interrupt his game of golf.