Time for a thorough update on the huge container vessel currently blocking the Suez Canal. I show you animations of the grounding as it happened and discuss in detail what this means for the industry. I also bring you information that no News outlet has yet picked up on, and share my personal experiences.
My views do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
0:00 What’s up for discussion?
1:15 Who am I?
2:28 All about Ever Given
5:09 Suez Canal
7:00 What happened?
13:30 The consequences and alternative route
16:33 Getting her out
19:10 Where does this leave the industry?
20:19 What the News hasn’t told you
23:27 Sunset at sea
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Fantastic and timely explination of this incident. Great job! And the background on the earlier incident with the collision in Hamburg between a ferry boat and the Ever Given was a scoop on legacy media outlets.
Your personal knowledge of the places, type of vessels involved, and local conditions was extreamly enlightening.
Thank you Same Ship Different Day!
Maybe the industry should regulate so that ships of this size can’t sail under certain windy conditions in certain places. The insurance companies could mandate these as part of their coverage contracts.
So, basically, the ship is too big for the canal.
As far as I'm concerned, these ships are getting too big.
Are you coming out to Australia after the refit? Hoping to be able to cruise next year from Brisbane.
Please do a cabin tour
Do cruise ships normally make passage through the Suez as part of a normal itinerary or do the ships normally utilize the Suez for repositioning/delivery purposes? I'm curious because that sounds like a fascinating route to be on as a passenger. Like a more extreme Panama Canal.
Another very informative talk,the big Russian windjammer Sedov has ten tons of wind push on her masts alone without an inch of canvas set so the effect on these ultra large container ships must be immense,they build them very safe today but no matter what accidents will happen and some poor soul rightly or wrongly will be roasted alive while the money walk away smelling of roses,the QE2 had a reputation as a squatter i believe.
I love your videos, I my self prefer Mein Schiff but im from Hamburg at the moment living in Britain.
But my lite of life works on it.
the vessels ahead, the Cosco (Shipping) Galaxy and Al Nasriyah were at a much lower SOG and weren't affected by this biblical wind whatsoever. The Mærsk Detroit (much smaller) behind the EG was following the EG at almost the same speed. Obviously, she kept, together with the EG a higher speed to keep up with the "delay", the rest is hydrodynamics as explained. The wind is a nice excuse, the real answer to what lead to this catastrophe may ly somewhere else, apart from the exceeded max speed for this vessel.
Im glad I got recommended this!
your eyes give me weird vibes, maybe its the light beaming into your eyes or your eyes pupils are just super full. lmao either way its creepy
can you concdr working on a vid that compares the ships you know to the size of star trek ships? so we can get a feel for how theyd fair in space?
JC
logistics is so cool. think of the organisation required for my black (or any color? not relevant) dildo(s) to get to this one customer, from amazon, on time. incredible.
jc
Great video Alfie!! Thanks for that. Regarding the actual weight, if say it were on 'scales', would you have an approx tonnage?? Thanks very much. Regards. Graham.
Off topic a bit, but been watching the explanation of the accident by the Captain of the Costa Concordia. He reckons a contributing factor was the inexperience of the helmsman, and even had the audacity to claim officers are rising through the ranks too quickly. What are your thoughts Alfie?, or, like me, do you see a cocky show off Captain who was half cut after knocking back a carafe of red wine and more interested in his dolly bird he'd brought to the bridge, if he was actually on the bridge that is! The jury is still out on that one. Shocking event though.
Very interesting. Thank you.
I'm Mohamed Alpatal from Egypt, thanks for your video.
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Cheers brother you are certainly dedicated and this is my first view and happy to like and subscribe🤙 I always respect and support good content!!!
As a young Sailor on the Providence Bay .. I was on the wheel and with the high winds on the day we was crabbing up the canal..
The old man and pilot just left me to it as I had control of her…
It's an old problem and ships are getting bigger and bigger…