Das Boot

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Yes, it was the title of a movie about a German U Boat, but it seems fitting for a single boat (OK, giant ship) blocking a canal and disrupting worldwide shipping:

Stuck Ship in Egypt's Suez Canal Imperils Shipping Worldwide

By one estimate, $9 billion worth of goods are held up for each day the Suez Canal is closed

time.com

Owner of cargo ship blocking Suez Canal apologises

 

[dank69]

All the memes:

https://imgur.com/a/Adhvahn

 

[trenchfoot]

Imagine all parties involved including a plethora of top gov't officials, legions of lawyers, very influential shipping magnates applying leverage and pressure to the situation, insurance companies, vendors and others right down to those two pilots who were supposed to guide that ship through the canal all pointing fingers and raging over the financial hits everybody's taking over this incident.

A terrorist plot couldn't have done a better job at creating chaos. No lives lost yet major damage to the world's commerce logistics flow.

 

[nOOky]

Republicans: 'Effing Biden!"

 

[K1052]

TFW container ships have possibly grown too large in the name of efficiency.

 

[dank69]

Imagine all parties involved including a plethora of top gov't officials, legions of lawyers, very influential shipping magnates applying leverage and pressure to the situation, insurance companies, vendors and others right down to those two pilots who were supposed to guide that ship through the canal all pointing fingers and raging over the financial hits everybody's taking over this incident.

A terrorist plot couldn't have done a better job at creating chaos. No lives lost yet major damage to the world's commerce logistics flow.

From what I understand the ship lost power at the absolute worst possible time. High winds took care of the rest. Will be interesting to find out what exactly caused the loss of power and whether or not it was preventable.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Yeah, that'll help.

 

[PingSpike]

The solution is obvious. They need to ram the boat with an even bigger boat.

 

[pmv]

Yeah, that'll help.

It does kind of look like an exercise in futility. Hence all the memes, I guess.

Maybe they'll just have to dig a new canal?

 

[pmv]

Republicans: 'Effing Biden!"

Surprised they haven't suggested shooting the ship.

 

[Moonbeam]

Those are going to be perfect for sea level rise. Those shipping containers can hold 1.6 million, standing room only, people,

 

[soundforbjt]

Those are going to be perfect for sea level rise. Those shipping containers can hold 1.6 million, standing room only, people,

Instead of Snowpiercer it'll be Wavepiercer.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Is it still stuck? It's been ~24 hours I figured with how much clogging was going on people would be there with a military to get it out ASAP heh.


EDIT: Geez, might be week+ ouch. Someone is getting their balls chopped off for this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/25/suez-canal-ship-rescue/

 

[dawp]

Instead of Snowpiercer it'll be Wavepiercer.

already been done

Waterworld (1995) ⭐ 6.3 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

2h 15m | 12

www.imdb.com

 

[dank69]

One more:

https://imgur.com/JP8KSMi

 

[hal2kilo]

Yes, it was the title of a movie about a German U Boat, but it seems fitting for a single boat (OK, giant ship) blocking a canal and disrupting worldwide shipping:

Stuck Ship in Egypt's Suez Canal Imperils Shipping Worldwide

By one estimate, $9 billion worth of goods are held up for each day the Suez Canal is closed

time.com

Owner of cargo ship blocking Suez Canal apologises

Surely, know one could have ever seen this coming. /s Decrepit governing at it's best. Kind of like storing several tons of fertilizer in a warehouse in the middle of commerce.

 

[hal2kilo]

Yeah, that'll help.

Yep, those big tankers and freight carriers have big long noses on them for hydrodynamic efficiency. First thing I thought of when I saw a picture, have fun digging that nose out of the side of the canal.

 

[nakedfrog]

It does kind of look like an exercise in futility. Hence all the memes, I guess.

Maybe they'll just have to dig a new canal?

What about explosives?

 

[pmv]

Is this
a parody of
an existing poem?
Anyone know?

It sounds
kind of familiar,
but I don't
know much poetry.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1374830117449576454

this is just to say
i have
blocked
the suez

which you
probably needed
for international
trade

forgive me
im sideways
and my ship ass
is big

Edit - ah, answered my own question

This Is Just To Say

I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

www.poetryfoundation.org

 

[esquared]

Just saw this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1375129559738245122

 

[Thump553]

I saw a news article yesterday that said something like 12% of the world's total shipping goes through the Suez and it will most likely be blocked for weeks, even months.

I'd expect prices of just about everything to start rising across Europe.

 

[K1052]

What about explosives?

Project Plowshare didn't work out too well.

 

[hal2kilo]

Project Plowshare didn't work out too well.

Insert quote from Aliens? Nah.

 

[BoomerD]

The ship stuck in the Suez Canal is blocking so much important stuff they've decided to rename it the USS Mitch McConnell.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Rumor has it they may be having a movement soon.