This article has live updates. Ships are already considering redirecting traffic around Africa.
what if we hijacked and ran big cargo ships aground at all major shipping choke points, as a funny joke :joker-dancing:
Incredible PR opportunity for the Belt and Road initiative.
Head of dredging company says Ever Given is stuck on the sand and containers may have to be unloaded, a process that could take weeks.
:sicko-mega:
Still convinced that this is a disguntled employee that say ‘fuck it’.
I read somewhere that the ship attempted to cut the line on the canal. Pretty much guarantee there was some kind of "performance bonus on speedy delivery" incentive that drove the slapdash approach to canal navigation.
could it get that bad? not well versed in this stuff
considering that the world economy almost fucking died last year when asked to take it easy, it's not hard to imagine what a virtual bloodclot in a virtual major artery will do
It'll def take a hit but idk about full recession.
From what I saw about 12% of all global trade goes through the Suez canal so that's a pretty big hit.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/suez-canal-blockage-adds-to-global-supply-chain-chaos-20210325-p57dxi.html
https://www.marketplace.org/2021/03/24/the-suez-canal-block-could-hit-downstream-manufacturers-the-hardest/
Imagine if a couple of those things ran aground there and then scuttled as a global protest.
:sicko-yes: :sicko-hyper: :sicko-radiant: :sicko-laser: :sicko-surveillance:
Evergreen is the name of the company, Ever Given is the name of the ship and you can find it around the bow, and possibly the stern as well.
