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.
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.
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.
4/Many are asking how this could happen, and it will come down to either mechanical or human errors?
What we should ask is how everyday, ships this size typically transit the world's oceans and ports with no issues.
As I post this #EverGiven is preparing to transit the #Suez.
5/Fortunately, #EverForward did not block the channel to @portofbalt. She did not do this coming over the tunnel into Thimble Shoals and seal off Chesapeake Bay, or the southern passage to the naval base at Norfolk, or San Diego or LA/Long Beach and cut off our trade or Navy.
6/ Unfortunately, the only time we pay attention to shipping is when we have disasters or tragedy. Their is a movie for Titanic, but not for her sistership Olympic.
Throughout the pandemic, ocean shipping never stopped. #EVERFORWARD is a reminder of that oceanic #supplychain.
1/Shipping at Russian Ports is Falling, While Some Ships Remain Inbound
There is a disturbing piece in this story by @Mar_Ex regarding the sailing of Bulkers heading to the #BlackSea port of #Novorssiysk. The issue regards #Ukranian crewmembers.
2/GAG Hot Port News: βAll Ukrainian crew should be delivered ashore by service boat to the Immigration office, and will be transported back to their vessel after their meeting with Immigration.β
I can envision some difficulties on these ships if the crews learn of this.
3/While Bulkers have not yet been sanctioned coming out of Russia - the food is needed in Africa, Middle East and Asia - I severly doubt that Ukranians will surrender themselves to Russian authorities.
2/The statement by @TheJusticeDept and @FMC_gov to reaffirm and strengthen their partnership is targeted directly at the ocean carriers. I have been critical of them in the past. There is concern about future actions to keep rates high, as they are today.
3/The FMC has led a Fact Finding (#29) on this since March 2020 led by Commissioner Dye. It has uncovered several major issues including excessive detention & demurrage and difficulties carriers had with shippers.
1/As the #Ukraine#Russia War continues, the number of neutral and commercial ships caught up in the conflict is little know.
The port of #Chornomorsk, just south of Odessa has over a dozen ships including several large bulkers #DaLiang of China, #Polarnet of Turkey & others.
2/Odessa itself has several vessels including the former MSC Algercias, now the @COSCOSHIPPING Joseph Schulte. A 9,400 TEU containership operating on the Black Sea-Asia route.
3/Similary, at the port of Mykolaiv, just north of Odessa, are a dozen more vessels including the Danish flagged tanker #HaraldMaersk.