It'll be interesting to see the cause... if they cut off the other ship, like was intimated, then maybe they had some sort of "can't stop" or "can't steer properly" mechanical issues that caused it.
I was going to take offense, but I've literally been stuck behind an 18 wheeler that wedged itself inside the Callahan Tunnel and blocked both lanes.
They cut off the other ship? Clearly, a couple canals back, he was pulling out of Target and did a rolling stop. This is just road rage payback.
I looked it up earlier and from what I found the canal has 50 ships/day passing through it, and each ship pays $500,000 for the right to do so. So this fuckup cost $1 million/hour just in lost transit fees.
I really enjoy a lot of those "big ships" shows, etc, and the one thing that I've learned from all of them is that they are ALL insanely behind schedule, and it's a nightmare getting a slot for them to load/unload at big ports. I can only imagine the knock-on effect this will have for thousands of other ships and schedules.
at the risk of exposing how dumb I am sometimes, or maybe just the true extent of this covid brain fog, I'd been wondering for a good bit why they kept referring to the ship as "Ever Given" when it clearly says "Evergreen" on the side. I know, I know. current location on vesselfinder (also has her a/s/l for the nerds on here)
From Panama. That boat is from a country famous for its canal, and it managed to clog the OTHER famous one. Maybe this is just a harmless “Let’s fuck with the rival summer camp across the lake” moment.
That's weird. I guess you found the answer, but the shipping company is Evergreen, the actual boat is the Ever Given. Maybe they got a discount on the letters E-V-E-R, which explains the sister ship the Ever Body.
Imagine if half the containers are full of fertilizer and the other half are full of diesel... can you imagine the chaos if they blew the fucking canal UP?