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Grounded Suez Canal mega-ship is blocking shipments worth $9.5BILLION per day with 'enormous' consequences for global economy as rescue chief warns it could be stuck for WEEKS
UK Daily Mail ^ | March 25, 2021 | Chris Pleasance

Posted on 03/25/2021 6:15:38 AM PDT by C19fan

The giant cargo ship wedged across the Suez Canal is blocking shipments worth an estimated $9.5billion per day including food and oil which will have an 'enormous' impact on the world economy, experts have warned.

At least 150 ships are now stuck in the logjam caused by 200,000-ton cargo ship Ever Given which ran aground in the narrow channel on Tuesday, with goods worth $29billion already held up.

The effect has been felt on world markets as the price of crude oil shot up 6 per cent on Wednesday, reversing months of often-record falls caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Egypt; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canal; egypt; evergiven; oodaloop; opec; suez; suezcanal; trade
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It is thought the accident happened after the ship's captain and two Egyptian pilots sent on board to help guide the vessel became blinded during a sandstorm with high winds that sent the vessel off course and caused it to get wedged around 7.45am on Tuesday.

Geez...I thought these ships have GPS navigation.

1 posted on 03/25/2021 6:15:38 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Is this why I could’t find my cat’s favorite canned food at the local supermarket yesterday?


2 posted on 03/25/2021 6:16:46 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: C19fan

Ha boob.


3 posted on 03/25/2021 6:19:36 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: C19fan

Blow it up!


4 posted on 03/25/2021 6:20:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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What do you mean "it is thought"? How many days has it been? Have there never been sandstorms while a ship has been in the canal?

Sounds like we're being fed a load of manure.

5 posted on 03/25/2021 6:20:26 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Bon of Babble

Must be. My sister couldn’t find any either. 😃


6 posted on 03/25/2021 6:20:58 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: C19fan

My brother has a 115’ yacht with full GPS navigation. If nothing got in its way, you could fire it up in Juneau, Alaska and punch in Elliot bay in Seattle and it would get there with nobody on board.

i.e. it’s almost as if the wind was so strong this boat could not compensate, or they didn’t compensate enough.

The US is an oil Exporter, so this should help us financially, right? :)


7 posted on 03/25/2021 6:22:32 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: C19fan

I am sure it did.

Cargo ship draws giant penis in Red Sea then becomes wedged in Suez Canal
A container ship caught in the Suez Canal took an unusual route through the Red Sea before it became stuck on a major shipping route.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/world-economy/catastrophic-oil-prices-spike-after-grounded-mega-ship-blocks-suez-canal/news-story/19d9322de92f703442b3aecccf8a7ffd

See the pic of the ship’s track there.


8 posted on 03/25/2021 6:24:02 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: C19fan

Globalism is working as planned, just wait until the Dems force all domestic small arms manufacturers to shutdown “to save the Planet” ...


9 posted on 03/25/2021 6:24:07 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !)
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To: C19fan

it’s like the Chattanooga shooting; it’s all part of the plan to distract from the secret Wisconsin wifi and dominion voting machine hackers.


10 posted on 03/25/2021 6:24:11 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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I seen reports last night the situation was resolved and traffic was moving. (?)


11 posted on 03/25/2021 6:24:43 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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Fake news.


12 posted on 03/25/2021 6:25:52 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Texas Eagle

nope. there has never been a sandstorm in the desert. ever.


13 posted on 03/25/2021 6:25:58 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: C19fan

Those stacks of containers make the ship like a giant sail.
Its going where the wind wants to push it and in those narrow waters there isn’t a lot the master or pilots can do about it.


14 posted on 03/25/2021 6:26:19 AM PDT by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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To: FreedomPoster

The Captain of that ship has a ways to go before the engineers at NASA let him draw penis pics on Mars.


15 posted on 03/25/2021 6:26:59 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Get off your ass and earn it!)
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In related news, from the NYPost:

Cargo ship drew a penis and butt before getting stuck in Suez Canal


16 posted on 03/25/2021 6:28:14 AM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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To: dfwgator

the max depth of the canal is 79 ft.


17 posted on 03/25/2021 6:28:20 AM PDT by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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To: FreedomPoster
Sorry, just saw your reply. Mine is redundant, albeit a different middleman source, NY Post.

Funny thing is, this is the real news today.

18 posted on 03/25/2021 6:30:25 AM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both.)
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To: C19fan
She looks like a Black Swan.


19 posted on 03/25/2021 6:31:09 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: JohnBrowdie

Probably due to Climate Change.


20 posted on 03/25/2021 6:31:52 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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