Suez blocked by stuck ship!

[sherman]

It seems to be aground but facing down the canal rather than across it so should be nice and passable.

Looks like a tug has parked by the stern to stop it drifting into the lane.

[Arnold Cunningham]

Already clear I think

[Catweazle]

Not the Suez Canal but...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxww2rnxzvlo

[Boatbuoy]

Catweazle said:

Not the Suez Canal but...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxww2rnxzvlo

I suspect the financial implications, and impact on global shipping will be less of an issue with this one!

[mikey_b]

Boatbuoy said:

Catweazle said:

Not the Suez Canal but...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxww2rnxzvlo

I suspect the financial implications, and impact on global shipping will be less of an issue with this one!

Hopefully that ship is able to handle being suspended from either end - or is the water quite shallow and so the central section will also be on sitting on the mud?

[ecsrobin]

Catweazle said:

Not the Suez Canal but...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cxww2rnxzvlo

It’s already free and alongside.

[Simpo Two]

'The grounding was down to the tide going out whilst part of the vessel was in contact with the bank'.

The question is why he hit the bank in the first place...

[ecsrobin]

Simpo Two said:

'The grounding was down to the tide going out whilst part of the vessel was in contact with the bank'.

The question is why he hit the bank in the first place...

With 2 pilots onboard.

[hidetheelephants]

Bank effect, it's a big vessel in a small canal; not unlike the situation at the beginning of the thread.

[Digga]

hidetheelephants said:

Bank effect, it's a big vessel in a small canal; not unlike the situation at the beginning of the thread.

That or it was knocked off course by the force of raw sewage gushing into the river as it passed an outflow.

[crofty1984]

Maybe the ship tried to turn around as it realised that Wisbech is a st hole.