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[Doctor Gollum]

It's in their interests to get it cleared as presumably they can only charge for ships that actually get through the canal...

Imagine abandoning an artic across the Dartford Crossing tolls... They'd have it moved before lunch

I'll guess that the shipping companies pre-pay for transit through the canal.  Even if that's a few tens of thousands of pounds, it will be refunded as the ship was unable to pass (much like buying an airline ticket, but the runway is unusable).

That's just a drop in the ocean... what about all the goods, the port fee's, the fuel costs, the staff wages?

also modern shipping is run to very tight schedules, so there will be a number of ships that will miss their booked slots at various ports throughout the word. You can't just unload a fully loaded ship. The knock-on effects of this will continue for months.

Yes and no... The whole queue has been delayed so they'll all, more or less, be in order when they arrive..

[Varche]

Has anyone else noticed that there are two ships stuck in the Suez Canal ?

One is called EVERGREEN and one is called EVERGIVEN .

[Doctor Gollum]

Has anyone else noticed that there are two ships stuck in the Suez Canal ?

One is called EVERGREEN and one is called EVERGIVEN .

The M/V Ever Given happens to be owned and operated by Ever Green, a mahoosive shipping/distribution company in Taiwan iirc...

Ever Green decided that their corporate markings should include splattering the company name along the side of their ships in sodding great big letters as part of their overall corporate branding...

[Varche]

 

[Raeturbo]

Apparently the bow is wedged 15 metres into the mud/sand and it’s going to need a 33,000 draw pull to dislodge it! Good luck there because the most powerful tug in existence can only manage 423 tons, there’s a high tide due they say surely only buoyancy can get it out

[Nick W]

Apparently the bow is wedged 15 metres into the mud/sand and it’s going to need a 33,000 draw pull to dislodge it! Good luck there because the most powerful tug in existence can only manage 423 tons, there’s a high tide due they say surely only buoyancy can get it out

It's also beached at both ends - 76metres at the front - with the centre unsupported in a manner it isn't designed for. You can't dig that out easily. It weighs 250,000tonnes, is 60m wide, and 50 high above the waterline which means you can't 'just' drag it out even if you had the power and space available, and it can't be unloaded without building extensive cranes spanning the canal.

[Raeturbo]

Indeed that’s what I’m saying... what about temporary damming the canal in front of it big undertaking but safer?  Oh update on the tug there’s a more powerful one now, the island victory, 477 ton draw pull.

[Doctor Gollum]

Freed and moving under her own power, with several tugs in tow to keep her in the channel 

Hopefully fuel will come back down a bit again 

[Raeturbo]

Sadly that’s a bit unlikely 

[STEMO]

Freed and moving under her own power, with several tugs in tow to keep her in the channel 

Hopefully fuel will come back down a bit again 

Fuel never went up, did it? Certainly not around here.

[Varche]

Stayed same price here too. Maybe increases feed in a week or so in arrears?

[STEMO]

Stayed same price here too. Maybe increases feed in a week or so in arrears?

Crude hasn't budged.

[Doctor Gollum]

It's gone up a couple of pence round here between my last two tanks

[Raeturbo]

Ahh tanks are notoriously heavy on fuel 

[STEMO]

Ahh tanks are notoriously heavy on fuel