Twitter Thread: A Huge Ship Is Blocking The Suez Canal

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Eric Lund
Mar 24, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

John Scott-Railton regales the specifics of what is becoming a demonstrably huge screw up in one of the most used thoroughfares in global trade. The massive ship is just kind of sitting there as other vessels form a traffic jam behind it. Some say it's being partially refloated, but it's proving to be a pretty big problem that's just sort of sitting there.

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    Font - 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: vesselfinder.com/? imo=9811000
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    Map - BARAKA MOSAED 2 FURRENT BUOYS KM 151.00 EVER GIVEN KM 151.OMOGAEDal 1 minute ago CAYZEEBOARSAD 2 AM 15 TAHIASR2 TAHIA MISR 1 MOSAHEB!
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    Watercraft - EVER GIVEN Container Ship EVER GIVEN EVERGHEN just now Details Track Add Photo Add to Fleet Rotterdam, Netherlands ETA: Mar 31, 02:00 Course: Speed: O kn Draught: 15.7 m (max 16.0) 202.5° Last report: Status: Under way Mar 23, 2021 18:57 UTC As Suways (Suez) Anch., Egypt ATA: Mar 23, 04:17 UTC PORT CALLS WEATHER POSITION & VOYAGE DATA
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    Map - MÓSAED 2 BARAKA1 CURRENT BUYS KNSYSIER POR EVER GIVEN MOSAS just now 1 1510 VITZA PORT SAID 2 51 O MOSAHEB 12MT KM 152 0 152 MAERSK PENVER 25MT
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    Ecoregion - EVER GIVEN 1 minute ago
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    Water - John Scott-Railton @jsrailton Update: still stuck. How big is this #SuezCanal plug? Ultra big. MV #EVERGIVEN Size: 400m long / 59m wide Gross tonnage: 219,079 Capacity: 20,388 TEUS (20ft container equivalents). One of the largest container ships in operation. EVERGREEN 21:56 · 23 Mar 21 · Twitter Web App 361 Retweets 225 Quote Tweets 818 Likes
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    Map - 22:44 O 72% I Thread John Scott-Railton O @jsrailton NARRATOR: the all-important #SuezCanal lets ships bypass the historically treacherous Horn of Africa... to mariners, canal officials have a historic reputation for 'appreciating' cartons of cigarettes...earning it the nickname "Marlboro Canal" ... UZDeKIstan Azerbaij Turkmenistan Turkey Tajikistan Tune Syria anon Afghanistan Brag EVER GIVEN Pakistan 1 minute ago Algeria Libya Egypt Saudi Arabia Arab Emirates Inc Oman Niger Yemen Eritreo
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    Font - 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 ALMI CDYSSEY DRIENTAL VIOLA HMM GDANGK A cos) APPING FEONY MARAN HERE S MOSAED 2 SPET tTAU EVER GIVEN MINERVA ZENOBIA SKASAS SAI SALAM 9 MOSAHEB 2 A.OLLY COBALTO JCTAGAMCS NURALK STONCI EMERALD TAHIA MISR 1 CRAN SEA HELLINIS RAKAN O HAJH ANDIMEGA.STAR DELAPGUE Zed Hasan PENG CE HA A Acab
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    Ecoregion - 34 Suez MISR 2 BATTAL2 TIM HOPE INDIAN EXPRESS BBCORESTION Ovay MOSCOII FENG DE HAI Al Adabiyah EleSOKHNA 2 FJORR RNTNG CELESTA ARAIEMAN Uyun Musa TULIP. M. SHANGHAI M RAS SEDR UHL PARTNER SERVUS WADOUDR OMASS ALIAKMON MTREM OACIFIC CORALTOACIFIC A.DORODCHI ENEROAUENAIRRERORAH ERVA RITA STI BROADWAY 24 MARITIME TUNTIGA 34 RUSSIAN WARSHIP 545 STELLA KOSAN ENERGY CHANCELOR BW LIBERTY ALEXIA 3 RASHEEDA CHRIS ITHAKI WARRIOR ELANDRAFACOVADO LNG ALBUM PRIDE SEAR NCER NEW DISCOVERY AL NABIL
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