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Bow is up hard, stern is in the mud, too. All of the talk is about wind load on such a boxy ship but I imagine the water pressure is quite intense with the ship completely cutting off flow. This is likely going to have a bigger economic impact on Europe that COVID. Probably going to be faster to dig a new canal around the ship.
 
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Real time AIS data shows the current state of the blockage You need to zoom in on Egypt.

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Screenshot from Vessel Finder March 25 2021 8:53 AM GMT

Similar to the grounding of the USS Missouri in 1950. Hopefully salvage will not take as long as that effort, this is a huge task.

ABC News Trapped container ship blocks navigation in Egypt's Suez Canal

The Guardian Giant ship blocking Suez canal partially refloated

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Screenshot from Vessel Finder March 25 2021 9:13 AM GMT
 
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Well ... I think they are not supposed to try to go through the canal SIDEWAYS! [thumbsdown]
Especially when its 1300 feet long.





 
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This ship is a "suezmax" ship, it's the largest size allowed by length (400m). Length is limited by the ability to make turns. Perhaps in the future they'll also limit length based on ability to completely shut down the canal.
 
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Good article on BBC:


ya, but he was a good 12 year old.

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

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"Probably going to be faster to dig a new canal around the ship." ... a couple of bombs would do wonders

can they unload containers "at sea" ?

another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?
 
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don't see why not... the ship's not moving... [lol]

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Just curious... is the front of the ship, the bow, or the stem. I thought the bow was the curved part that breaks the waterline. Don't know for sure...

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bow is the front

stern is the rear

port to the left

starboard to the right

draught is depth between the water surface and the bottom of the keel

Congratulations, you now probably know more nautical terms than whatever idiot steered this boat into the side of the canal

 
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Swinny and 1503... what is the stem?

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Mised part of the question.
What is the Stem, other than a typo.
A part of the bow.
Wiki said:
The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself. It is often found on wooden boats or ships, but not exclusively.
Click to expand...

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Found it...
The bow frame forming the apex of the intersection of the forward sides of a ship. At its lower end it is rigidly connected to the keel. It and may be a heavy flat bar or of rounded plate construction.

It appears to be infront of the bow... maybe the front of the ship.

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Thanks, Bill...

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Found some more...
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Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

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moon161, now that's journalism. I can only imagine the shame the other news orgs must be feeling, to have missed the real story :)

The problem with sloppy work is that the supply FAR EXCEEDS the demand
 
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dik said:
Swinny and 1503... what is the stem?
Click to expand...

Apologies, I misread 'stem' as "stern".

The 'bow' is generally the front part of the hull; the end of the boat aimed at the direction of travel. The 'stem' is the structural member that forms the edge of the bow. On a wood planked hull, the stem is an extension of the keel which extends from the keel to the gunwale, and forms the backbone of the the forward structure of the ship, and is also the member against which the planks terminate.

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In this photo the curved part in the front is the stem. On a real boat, there would be a joint between the stem and the keel somewhere near the midpoint of the transition from the vertical stem to the horizontal keel.

A steel ship with a curved bow does not, technically, have a stem, although some people will still use the term 'stem' to refer to the forward most edge of the bow.
 
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