EverStuck

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

You may remember the EverWhatever stuck in the canal a while back causing massing shipping disruptions.


Well, in case you missed it recently, the same company is at it again:

Initial attempt to refloat Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay unsuccessful, authorities to try again Wednesday

The Baltimore Sun|28 minutes ago
The Coast Guard said it would again try to rescue the Ever Forward on Wednesday, when the tide will be higher. The ship ran aground outside the shipping channel two weeks ago.

 

[Amused]

You may remember the EverWhatever stuck in the canal a while back causing massing shipping disruptions.


Well, in case you missed it recently, the same company is at it again:

Initial attempt to refloat Ever Forward in Chesapeake Bay unsuccessful, authorities to try again Wednesday

The Baltimore Sun|28 minutes ago
The Coast Guard said it would again try to rescue the Ever Forward on Wednesday, when the tide will be higher. The ship ran aground outside the shipping channel two weeks ago.

And right on Q the Qunts are claiming it is full of trafficked children.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=116155874357608&id=100078895882073

 

[sdifox]

Evergreen is the fourth largest container shipping company on the planet. They operate 150 container ships.

Looks like Baltimore is a pain to get to

A giant ship running aground in the Chesapeake Bay shows why there will never be a megaport in Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner

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www.halifaxexaminer.ca

 

[hal2kilo]

Saw some footage yesterday. That thing is embedded on the bottom. These monster freighters have so much mass, they just keep on going. The hull line is exposed by about 10 feet. Good luck literally digging and dredging it out.

 

[GodisanAtheist]

Wonder if we're ever going to get to a point where it makes more sense to have a literal floating deepwater port to offload cargo containers onto smaller container ships or some sort of automated trolly system, to then go to an inland port where they are put on trains and shipped wherever for local distribution networks to handle.

This "bringing a ship right up to land" thing seems to be problematic. Might make more sense to take the land out to the ships.

 

[sdifox]

Wonder if we're ever going to get to a point where it makes more sense to have a literal floating deepwater port to offload cargo containers onto smaller container ships or some sort of automated trolly system, to then go to an inland port where they are put on trains and shipped wherever for local distribution networks to handle.

This "bringing a ship right up to land" thing seems to be problematic. Might make more sense to take the land out to the ships.

Apparently it is the cargo rebalancing that takes time.
The post I linked in the previous reply explained why they prefer to bring the ship as close to destination as possible.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Nevermore


Stuck Container Ship in Chesapeake Bay Finally Refloated

A container ship the length of more than three football fields has finally been pried from the muddy bottom of the Chesapeake Bay more than a month after it ran aground.
Associated Press April 17, 2022

 

[Thump553]

Wonder if we're ever going to get to a point where it makes more sense to have a literal floating deepwater port to offload cargo containers onto smaller container ships or some sort of automated trolly system, to then go to an inland port where they are put on trains and shipped wherever for local distribution networks to handle.

This "bringing a ship right up to land" thing seems to be problematic. Might make more sense to take the land out to the ships.

That's very similar to a huge project Singapore has gong on now (apparently not content to already be the busiest/largest port in world);