Suez canal now open.

[powderman]

   
Suez canal now open.
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https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/ever-given-container-ship-stuck-in-suez-canal-partially-refloated#&_intcmp=hp1bt3,hp1bt

Suez Canal ship Ever Given freed, traffic resumes in crucial shipping channel
Traffic is resuming in the channel, Suez Canal Authority chairman says

By Paul ConnerFOXBusiness
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The colossal container ship Ever Given that has blocked the Suez Canal since last Tuesday is on the move again after being refloated.

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The ship, which is about as long as the Empire State Building is tall, was freed and traffic is resuming in the channel, Suez Canal Authority chairman Lt. Gen. Osama Rabie said Monday, according to Reuters.

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Leth Agencies said early Monday that the breakthrough came after intensive efforts to push and pull the ship with 10 tugboats and vacuum up sand with several dredgers at spring tide.

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Satellite data from VesselFinder.com showed the ship moving through the canal at just over two knots Monday morning.

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The blockage held up $9 billion in global trade each day, bringing disruption to the vital waterway.

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In this photo released by Suez Canal Authority, the Ever Given, a Panama-flagged cargo ship is pulled by one of the Suez Canal tugboats, in the Suez Canal, Egypt, Monday, March 29, 2021. (Suez Canal Authority via AP) ((Suez Canal Authority via AP))

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Hundreds of vessels remained trapped in the canal waiting to pass, carrying everything from crude oil to cattle. Over two dozen vessels have opted for the alternative route between Asia and Europe around the Cape of Good Hope, adding some two weeks to journeys and threatening delivery delays.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

[Goldie]

That's great I was almost headed to wally world to stock up on toilet paper.

[Mule 11]

That's great I was almost headed to wally world to stock up on toilet paper.

I loaded my truck full of toity paper today. Want to trade me some primers? 100 pack per roll...

[Ranger99]

Word has it that shooting accoutrements
are returning to shelves in this area.
I saw a 10-12 different kinds of ammunition
in the cabinet at WM the last time I went
through. Most were a dozen or so boxes
of each variety. Don't need anything
myself except for shotshells. I did for
sure shortchange myself in that area.
Thought I had what I did not

[Ranger99]

As far as I know, both the suez
and panama require the canal
authority pilots to do the driving.
Same at freight docks.

Probably some barely trained
filler. That's why IMO aircraft and
big dangerous things like ships
shouldn't be made "easier " to pilot
with sophisticated computer guidance
systems. Should only be a person with
the affinity and experience for the job.
No quotas. Only the top of the top

[ironglows]

.
  The Corinthian canal could also be easily plugged also, which is not used by the super freighters, but could still disrupt shipping.
  Not so with the Bosporus or Dardanelles..

[ironglows]

  .
  The straights of Dardanelles or past Istanbul could not be so easily closed