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1/Recap of last night's #Suez incident. MT #AFFINITYV grounded southbound in the canal near the same spot as #EverGiven. She was lightly loaded and appeared to be set to the west by wind. Her bow grounded and her stern pitched to the opposite bank...
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2/After #AFFINITYV went aground, with her bow into the west bank and her stern across the canal, the smaller tanker #Amelia, behind her in the southbound convoy appeared to strike her starboard quarter.
Amelia was backed off and #Suez tugs responded to free #AFFINITYV.
Amelia was backed off and #Suez tugs responded to free #AFFINITYV.
3/With the benefit of a 4ft high tide, the tugs were able to move the stern of #AFFINITYV counter clockwise into the canal and then pull her back into the channel and move her about a mile down canal. Total time was about 4 to 5 hours.
The 252M, 114k ton Singapore-flagged crude oil tanker #AffinityV went aground south bound in the #Suez, just north of where #EverGiven went aground in March 2021.
Egyptian tugs are on scene.
Vessels in the southbound convoy from the lake appear to be in disarray having to stop.
Egyptian tugs are on scene.
Vessels in the southbound convoy from the lake appear to be in disarray having to stop.
Looking at her track on @MarineTraffic, she appeared to ground, get loose and is now grounded again.
Her last port was Sines, Portugal enroute to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. She is probably light and heading to load.
Her last port was Sines, Portugal enroute to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. She is probably light and heading to load.
Tanker #AFFINITYV is currently being assisted by the large tug Ezzat Adel and three smaller tugs.
They appeared to have removed her from the initial grounding but then grounded again a mile further south based on her AIS data.
They appeared to have removed her from the initial grounding but then grounded again a mile further south based on her AIS data.
BREAKING: tanker #AFFINITYV has run aground & gotten stuck in the #SuezCanal.
Similar section to #EverGiven.
Suez canal traffic halted.
A whole bunch of tugs now working to pull the crude oil tanker free. 1/
Similar section to #EverGiven.
Suez canal traffic halted.
A whole bunch of tugs now working to pull the crude oil tanker free. 1/
2/ So, the crude oil tanker #AFFINITYV is only partially laden.
This fits. She's heading to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Presumably to get more from an oil terminal there.
That means her draught (part below waterline) isn't at max. (11.2m vs 15.5).
Read, easier to pull off.
This fits. She's heading to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. Presumably to get more from an oil terminal there.
That means her draught (part below waterline) isn't at max. (11.2m vs 15.5).
Read, easier to pull off.
3/ VIDEO UPDATE: #AFFINITYV is freed!
She got grounded, freed, maybe-grounded again, and now very gingerly under tow southbound in the #SuezCanal.
Cause unclear. But I've narrated an animation of the initial incident.
She got grounded, freed, maybe-grounded again, and now very gingerly under tow southbound in the #SuezCanal.
Cause unclear. But I've narrated an animation of the initial incident.
1/Some photos from today of #EverForward. A view of her shows her bow is almost 4 meters (13 feet) out of the water. She is 17 to 24 feet of water and draws 42 feet.
This is is going to be a prolonged salvage to get her off.
This is is going to be a prolonged salvage to get her off.
2/She missed her southbound turn (unknown why) and went out of Craighill Channel - dredged from 38 to 50 feet to accommodate neo-Panamax ships like #EverForward.
She departed the channel between red buoys 16 & 14 and plowed into the spoil area from the dredging; about 24 ft.
She departed the channel between red buoys 16 & 14 and plowed into the spoil area from the dredging; about 24 ft.
3/Unlike her larger cousin #EverGiven (400m in length and 20,000 TEUs), which grounded at her bow and stern in the Suez last year, #EverForward (334m & 12,000 TEUs) is aground from bow to stern as demonstrated by her exposed bottom fore and aft.
Massive container ship #EVERFORWARD has run aground in the Chesapeake Bay.
Yes, same operator as #EVERGIVEN.
Yes, almost exactly a year later. 1/
Yes, same operator as #EVERGIVEN.
Yes, almost exactly a year later. 1/
2/ Looking at charts, #EVERFORWARD may have slightly deviated from dredged navigation channel into shallower waters after departing Baltimore.
And got stuck.
She's apparently not blocking the navigation channel, but is quite close to it.
And got stuck.
She's apparently not blocking the navigation channel, but is quite close to it.
3/ The #EverForward's AIS track is... interesting.
People may read it as: she missed a waypoint (didn't make a turn) heading from Craighill Angle into Craighill Channel.
Caveat: accidents = complicated & AIS tracks can be *imprecise* so take all guesses w/big grain of salt!
People may read it as: she missed a waypoint (didn't make a turn) heading from Craighill Angle into Craighill Channel.
Caveat: accidents = complicated & AIS tracks can be *imprecise* so take all guesses w/big grain of salt!
So, what does it look like when you run your bow into Asia at 13 knots and close the Suez Canal for six days in March?
#EverGiven
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MV EVER GIVEN Grounding 2D/3D Animation - Titanic Edition (Iceberg...I mean Africa...right ahead!)
My video on the 2D/3D animation of #EverGiven going aground in the #suez with analysis.
My video on the 2D/3D animation of #EverGiven going aground in the #suez with analysis.
EVER GIVEN Damage Revealed! | What's Going on in the Suez/Shipping?
A discussion on the damage sustained by #EverGiven, a look at imagery from the drydock, and what the repairs entail to get the ship seaworthy.
A discussion on the damage sustained by #EverGiven, a look at imagery from the drydock, and what the repairs entail to get the ship seaworthy.
My presentation at the @NDTAHQ Surface Force Projection Conference questioned the need for national merchant marines by examining China and Russia's use of their own to exert hegemony from the past to the present.
The Maritime Silk Road of China's #BeltandRoad Initiative aims to defend their vital trade routes - particularly between Asia & Europe/Africa - and ensure an adequate supply of raw materials and imports to sustain their economy and country.
The historical antecedent may have been the voyages of Zheng He. When the Ming Dynasty assumed power they aimed to ensure the restoration of China as the Middle Kingdom. Their fleet demonstrated the power of China and then was scrapped as trade flowed.
📺 C.W., M.K., D.N.R., & S.P (4/22/21) on
🔥Ghislaine Maxwell, 10,000 hrs of Epstein footage and underground bases.🔥
🔥Ghislaine Maxwell, 10,000 hrs of Epstein footage and underground bases.🔥
📺 C.W., M.K., D.N.R., & S.P (4/22/21) on
🔥#SuezCanal, white hat operation using 💫 Starlink/Space Force to hack & turn #EverGiven ship sideways to inspect 30,000 #Evergreen shipping containers🔥
🔥#SuezCanal, white hat operation using 💫 Starlink/Space Force to hack & turn #EverGiven ship sideways to inspect 30,000 #Evergreen shipping containers🔥
📺 C.W., M.K., D.N.R., & S.P., (4/22/21) on
🔥#SuezCanal, 30 yrs of CCP material, climate chg, nuc & bio ^WMDs, h. trafficking intercepted on #EverGiven in 30,000 #EverGreen container ships🔥
🔥#SuezCanal, 30 yrs of CCP material, climate chg, nuc & bio ^WMDs, h. trafficking intercepted on #EverGiven in 30,000 #EverGreen container ships🔥
#SHIPPINGCONTAINERS/TRAFFICKING/EVERGREEN/
THE CLINTON FOUNDATION & RELATED 👀💊💊📢📢
Good for REDPILLING... 💊💊
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THE CLINTON FOUNDATION & RELATED 👀💊💊📢📢
Good for REDPILLING... 💊💊
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Today I published an op-ed arguing that freeing the #EverGiven showed that, with the right resources & chances, Egyptians are as capable as anyone, but they often lack those resources
Today would've been my father Elhami's 74th birthday. He left Egypt due to that reality
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Today would've been my father Elhami's 74th birthday. He left Egypt due to that reality
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He grew up in a working class family in the Masr Qadima quarter of Cairo. As late as 2003, the road in front of their family home still wasn't properly paved. In state schools his grades were quite low. One year his parents managed to send him to a private school & he excelled
However, the following year his family couldn't afford tuition and he returned to public schools with similar performance. Thanks to Nasser's free higher education reforms he barely managed to attend Asyut University where he studied agricultural engineering.
Imagery from this morning at 0811UTC shows the movement of the #EverGiven in the #SuezCanal compared to yesterday via @planetlabs, efforts are still on going to completely free her but the rotation of her facing more northerly is easily observed.
High winds have reportedly swung her back to the "original" position (bow doesn't appear to be over "the line") before another tug attempt to move her is conducted. Back and forth she goes, but it's progress, right?
Side note, having the frequency of @planetlabs imagery is really great in bringing a new horizon (yes, I went there) to viewing global events like this.
#BREAKING Egypt canal chief says 3.5 days to clear Suez tailback once ship refloated
The massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week has been turned 80 percent in the right direction, officials say, raising hopes the vital trade route could soon be clear
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VIDEO: The MV Ever Given, a massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week, has been turned 80% in the right direction, but its owner said that while the giant ship "has turned", it was still not yet afloat
I received this animated illustration from a friend who lives in Singapore. He is an accountant & has a few maritime clients
Shared the video with my brother, who was a mariner, & asked him to provide his analysis of what happened with the #EverGiven in the #SuezCanal 1/n
Shared the video with my brother, who was a mariner, & asked him to provide his analysis of what happened with the #EverGiven in the #SuezCanal 1/n
Chetan’s comments:
“Many a times transiting the Suez Canal, it is the Master's and all involved wish that the ordeal is swift and safe for the 100km journey.” 2/n
“Many a times transiting the Suez Canal, it is the Master's and all involved wish that the ordeal is swift and safe for the 100km journey.” 2/n
“The clip shown and the author's view is true. Evidently MV Ever Given was racing to catch up with the ship ahead and she is apparently not leading the convoy. In the haste, with her massive LOA, banking effect is pronounced, her SOG was evident to suggest such.” 3/n
The stranded container ship blocking the #SuezCanal was re-floated and is currently being secured, Inch Cape Shipping Services says in a tweet.
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Watch: Ships blow their horns moments after #EverGiven is re-floated, almost one week after it had blocked the #SuezCanal.
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Update: The massive container ship that blocked the #SuezCanal for almost a week “has turned” but is not yet afloat, a spokesman for the vessel's owner tells AFP.
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Thread: How various governments would respond to the #EVERGIVEN crisis:
Syria: deny all reports of a stuck ship. Ban media from reporting, hunt down/kill anyone providing evidence that a ship is actually stuck + call truthers terrorists, imperialists & zionists.
Syria: deny all reports of a stuck ship. Ban media from reporting, hunt down/kill anyone providing evidence that a ship is actually stuck + call truthers terrorists, imperialists & zionists.
Lebanon:
Country is divided into 2 camps
Camp 1 says Israeli agents stuck the ship, sends mercenaries to the canal to kill the ship crew.
Camp 2 complains about above camp, and does nothing about it.
Country will go into crisis for 25yrs after the crisis itself ends.
Country is divided into 2 camps
Camp 1 says Israeli agents stuck the ship, sends mercenaries to the canal to kill the ship crew.
Camp 2 complains about above camp, and does nothing about it.
Country will go into crisis for 25yrs after the crisis itself ends.
Turkey will host the ship crew, provide them with shelter+food.
It'll let in 100s of dinghies full of amateurs who dig holes into the ship's hull, thinking that sinking it a lil bit will make it more manageable.
Plan fails miserably & ship's crew remain in Turkey a decade later
It'll let in 100s of dinghies full of amateurs who dig holes into the ship's hull, thinking that sinking it a lil bit will make it more manageable.
Plan fails miserably & ship's crew remain in Turkey a decade later
BREAKING—The giant ship blocking the Suez Canal has been freed by salvage crews. Yet unclear how soon the Suez Canal will be open for traffic. #EVERGIVEN
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2) “Salvage teams freed the Ever Given in the Suez Canal, according to maritime services provider Inchcape, almost a week after the giant vessel ran aground in one of the world’s most important trade paths.”
3) “While the ship is floating again, it wasn’t immediately clear how soon the waterway would be open to traffic, or how long it will take to clear the logjam of more than 450 ships stuck, waiting and en route to the Suez that have identified it as their next destination.
#Breaking: According to Updated Satellite AIS tracking, #EVERGIVEN has been refloated successfully. #suezcanel
Update: photos confirming the refloating of #EVERGIVEN, the #SuezCanal lane is expected to be opened in front of navigation traffic within the next few hours.
Inchape Shipping Services Group is confirming the refloating of #EVERGIVEN successfully. #suezcanel
Drop everything and play with this map that lets you put the #EverGiven anywhere on earth, to scale.
Here is #EVERGIVEN in the Thames, making HMS Belfast look like a toy
1/While @ever_given gets all the attention right now I thought it would be interesting to see what her 10 sisterships of the Golden class were up to.
Thanks to @MarineTraffic for the data.
Thanks to @MarineTraffic for the data.
2/Three of them are in the Far East right now on their schedules.
#EVERGOLDEN
#EVERGENTLE
#EVERGRADE
#EVERGOLDEN
#EVERGENTLE
#EVERGRADE
1/For those looking for a more technical breakdown of #EVERGIVEN @ever_given, here is the data from her classifications society, the American Bureau of Shipping @ABSeagle
2/All ships receive a number from the International Maritime Organization @IMOHQ so you can identify against similar named ships.
She was delivered in under 3 years, in 2018.
She was delivered in under 3 years, in 2018.
3/She nearly 200,000 deadweight tons, that is how much she can carry in cargo. Gross tons is actually not weight, but volume with a gross ton equal to 40ft3. That equates to 8.8M ft3. She has a speed of 22.5 knots from a single prop.
1/ This video from @RichardHammond series BIG, discusses a ship akin to #EVERGIVEN in the #SuezBLOCKED.
It is not long but gives an appreciation of the scope & scale of Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCV).
It is not long but gives an appreciation of the scope & scale of Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCV).
2/ The ships are massive at nearly 400 meters/1,300 feet in length. They are nearly 40M/200FT wide and draw about 14.5M/47.5FT.
3/ These ships carry modular containers. The first container ship - SS Ideal X in 1956 carried 58 boxes. The newest can carry 24,000.
The leap in size has not been linear but exponential. As ships increase in length, beam, and depth, their volume is cubed, hence Ultra-Large.
The leap in size has not been linear but exponential. As ships increase in length, beam, and depth, their volume is cubed, hence Ultra-Large.
The latest from the ship manager for #EVERGIVEN in the #SuezBLOCKED
Efforts continue to remove bottom from the port bow.
11 tugs on scene.
Bottom cleared from around rudder.
Efforts continue to remove bottom from the port bow.
11 tugs on scene.
Bottom cleared from around rudder.
Two larger tugs enroute.
They are still blaming wind.
Crew safe and working.
They are still blaming wind.
Crew safe and working.
What's Going on in the Suez - Part 4
We are joined by Master Salvor Nick Sloane from Costa Concordia fame for his assessment on the #EVERGIVEN and the situation in the #SUEZ (It is not good by the way!). He has decades of salvage experience & knowledge.
We are joined by Master Salvor Nick Sloane from Costa Concordia fame for his assessment on the #EVERGIVEN and the situation in the #SUEZ (It is not good by the way!). He has decades of salvage experience & knowledge.
What's Going on in the Suez - Part 3
I discuss how the grounding took place on the morning of March 24, 2021 and the other vessels that were in the lower Suez Canal that day.
A future episode will discuss potential causes for the grounding.
I discuss how the grounding took place on the morning of March 24, 2021 and the other vessels that were in the lower Suez Canal that day.
A future episode will discuss potential causes for the grounding.
What's Going on in the Suez - Part 2
Myself and @johnkonrad of @gCaptain delve into the details and situation facing the MV Ever Given grounded in the Suez Canal.
Myself and @johnkonrad of @gCaptain delve into the details and situation facing the MV Ever Given grounded in the Suez Canal.
Agora imaginem se o Canal do Suez fosse em Portugal, e o #EVERGIVEN tivesse encalhado por cá
1. António Costa diria que o problema tinha sido criado pelo governo anterior ao anterior e que o primeiro passo para resolver o problema já estava dado: a criação de uma task force para analisar o problema
2. Pedro Nuno Santos vinha dizer que o problema era dos privados e eles que se desenrascassem que ele não está cá para fazer favores a ninguém, muito menos a barcos capitalistas que transportam papel higiénico e café
