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[image] Heiwa: t. I am still curious to know why (1) the ship increased speed from 7 to 13 knots during a few minutes 13 knots is a half bell on these ships. When the vessel is too large for the infrastructure it uses these things happen.

I have been to Suez and Port Said 1980-2007 many times and seen the ships in the canal from shore coming and going. Of course the ship speed is 7-9 knots with a fair distance between each ship. If you go too fast you will run into the ship ahead. There is no hurry. If there is a sand storm and the …

[image] Heiwa: The mysteries are (1) SCA arresting the ship, (2) the shipping industry/insurances not complaining, (3) media reporting nonsense, (4) officers and crews shutting up, etc. No mystery there at all. Shippers don’t want the rules to change and are more than happy to negotiate a pa…

Actually Egypt is a military dictatorship that also controls the SCA. To me it is a mystery why SCA arrested the ship/crew/cargo and asked for ransom money.

a huge block of flats in huge wind has to go x speed in x small channel, I’m sure the pilot and captain agreed. Word on the street is there might be a wind speed limit for these huge ships entering.

But this is done every day in the Suez Canal without problems since many years. If the wind is strong, you just stop and drift against the canal side. No mooring fees or tugs required.No damages caused. Here we talk about a ship that increased its speed 50% in good weather, turned starboard and ran…

[image] Heiwa: Here we talk about a ship that increased its speed 50% in good weather, turned starboard and ran up on the eastern canal side. A conspiracy, no doubt. I’m all ears.

[image] Lee_Shore: A conspiracy, no doubt. I’m all ears. A conspiracy is obviously secret so you’ll hear nothing unless you visit a good seamen bar.

These are not your fathers Oldsmobile. Your not laying a ship this size and draft on the bank and waiting it out. I can only imagine what the P&I guys would think.

Box boat aground in Suez Canal

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Box boat aground in Suez Canal

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