So, the #SuezCanal is blocked... Massive container ship EVER GIVEN stuck in the most awkward way po

[soothsayer]

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John Scott-Railton
@jsrailton
So, the #SuezCanal is blocked...

Massive container ship EVER GIVEN stuck in the most awkward way possible.

Ongoing for hours. Every tug Egypt could spare appear to be trying to pull it free.

Vessel tracker: https://vesselfinder.com/?imo=9811000






John Scott-Railton
@jsrailton
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Mar 23, 2021
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"Is there a traffic jam?" Answer 👇

N South
@nat_ahoy
After all day trying to refloat the mega container ship 'Ever Given', in the Suez Canal, there is a steady log jam of ships waiting in the Mediterranean & Red Sea and in the canal itself










John Scott-Railton
@jsrailton
Latest update: the EVER GIVEN is... still ever-jammed across the #SuezCanal.

Also, a teeny excavator tried to help.

Thanks @rmcfadzean for surfacing the pic!
Source: https://instagram.com/p/CMxEKHanW62/






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Re: name confusion: The Ever Given is operated by Evergreen, it seems

[Wounded Bear]

1. I think you're right about the name, but whatever...

it's one of the busiest water routes in the world.

[taxi]

3. The first tweet of the series pictured the ship, the Ever Given, under tow.

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[Yonnie3]

6. Nope

Evergreen Marine Corporation, is a Taiwanese container transportation and shipping company headquartered in Luzhu District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.

They paint the band name on their ships.
Many of their ship names begin with "EVER"

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Marine

[taxi]

8. Nope? Is not the photo in tweet referenced above of a ship named Ever Given?

It is not the ship stuck in the canal.
What I addressed was the reason for the discrepancy in the name of the vessel.
Take a look...

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[Yonnie3]

12. Oops

I misplaced my post in thread.

My response was meant for the post that said it was the Evergreen.

Sorry.

[taxi]

13. I think the source was a right winger. We know what confusion that causes! nt

[Yonnie3]

14. I have an excuse

Actually, I have lots of excuses ( ) but none of them point at right wingers.

[Yonnie3]

2. Ever Given is operated by Evergreen

see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_container_ships

[soothsayer]

5. Ah, mystery solved! Thank you, kind sleuth

[FirstLight]

4. oops, it probably should have not been cleared for that route...

Sure looks like she's 10m wider and ~115m longer~ than a SUEZMAX class tanker. Wonder why they call em that pic.twitter.com/E7XTaD7qn1— Michael (@scottgoblue314) March 23, 2021

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[Towlie]

7. Here's the link to see it on Vessel Finder:

 
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https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9811000

[CentralMass]

9. I hate it when that happens.

[Celerity]

10. Evergreen Marine Corporation out of Taiwan is the operator, Ever Given is the name of the ship

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-class_container_ship

The Golden class is a series of 11 container ships built for Evergreen Marine. The maximum theoretical capacity is in the range of 20,124 to 20,388 TEU.

[FirstLight]

11. JHFC that's huge!

just....wow

[Celerity]

15. more pics

[tanyev]

17. Ever Grounded.

[Takket]

16. some metamucil will clear that right up..........

[dalton99a]

18. Kick