US NAVY team going to suez canal to help free ship blocking it.

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US NAVY team going to suez canal to free ship blocking it.
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/navy-team-suez-canal-dig-out-massive-ship-blocking-passage

Navy sending team to Suez Canal to help dig out massive ship blocking passage
White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the US has 'offered assistance'
By Peter Aitken, Lucas Y. Tomlinson | Fox News

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The U.S. Navy will assist the Egyptian government in the operation to dig out a giant container ship currently stuck sideways in the Suez Canal.

The MV Ever Given, owned by the Japanese firm Shoei Kisen KK, hit the bottom of the canal Tuesday.

Since then, the blockage has heavily disrupted traffic down the canal. The ship reportedly started moving Wednesday, but it remains grounded as of Friday.

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U.S. Navy officials have pledged to send a team of experts, including engineers skilled in dredging operations, to help Egyptian officials dig out the ship.

"We have offered, and stand ready to assist Egypt, and will look to support any specific request we receive," Cmdr. Jessica L. McNulty, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said in an email to Fox News. "We continue to monitor and assess the situation, but have nothing to provide on any potential specific support at this time."

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At a White House news conference Friday, press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the U.S. has "offered assistance" to the Egyptians.

"The Egyptians want to do this themselves, we are just here to help them," a Pentagon official told Fox News. "We are there to advise in any capacity they desire."

CNN was first to report about the Navy sending a team to Egypt.

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The canal accounts for around 10% of all global trade flow. On Friday, the maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels, with some vessels changing course as dredgers continue trying to free the Ever Given.

"The Suez Canal will not spare any efforts to ensure the restoration of navigation and to serve the movement of global trade," Lt. Gen. Ossama Rabei, head of the Suez Canal Authority, said.

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The Ever Given is larger than the Empire State Building, and is grounded around 3.7 miles from the southern entrance to the canal.

Experts say that it could take up to a week in a best-case scenario to free the ship, but it is more likely to last weeks.

Disruptions could cause as much as $10 billion in losses each day, according to some experts.

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Coincidentally, the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower is currently in the Eastern Mediterranean during this latest "Suez Crisis."

Then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower considered the Suez Crisis in 1956 the biggest foreign policy failure of his presidency.

Peter Aitken is a New York born-and-raised reporter with a focus on national and global news.
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[BUGEYE]

When all else fails, send in the American military.

[NWBear]

I think the SeeBees or the Army Corps of Engineers would be a better choice.

[Argent 88]

I think the SeeBees or the Army Corps of Engineers would be a better choice.

^^^^^^ This. Seabees. Construction Battalions of the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy.

[Land_Owner]

Xiben's inclusive "Pew Pew" Navy will be another embarrassment when their Tug-O-War "Pink Force" can't free the stuck ship.  I hope they blow it to smithereens, but I doubt they have the fortitude for that as it might trigger some of the pink force.

[Casull]

Maybe Joe's trannies in charge know how to transition it out of being stuck.
.TM7

Yep, if they just cut off the dangling bits, it should float free.

[mcbammer]

Maybe Joe's trannies in charge know how to transition it out of being stuck.
.TM7

  Ha !   send in a battalion they could suck it out .

[ironglows]

.  That ship has that thing ...sticking out the front and into the mud.  Now, if they can just get a team of surgeons

   in there with cutting torches..they could probably cut off that offending prong!

[Argent 88]

.  That ship has that thing ...sticking out the front and into the mud.  Now, if they can just get a team of surgeons

   in there with cutting torches..they could probably cut off that offending prong!

That's a water breaker for the bow, and it houses underwater sonar. Take all those shipping containers off of it would help. It was over loaded anyway. Either it was intentional, or someone at the helm was very stupid.
Stay in the canal, why did it deviate into the shallows? It must have hit em hard to be buried like that.

[Argent 88]

I agree with the get the containers off of it. Then blast it in half, then you could at least could clear the main canal. And deal with the mud stuck crap later. This was put forth by one of our Admirals. 

[BUGEYE]

I think the SeeBees or the Army Corps of Engineers would be a better choice.

Like I said, send in the American military.