Tactically it would probably be better to wait a couple of days until everything has just started to reroute "back to normal" but this would definitely be funnier
Idk, the first time they drew a dick with their path to getting stuck how can you top that
the captain typically doesnt have control while the ship is passing through the canal
and he fixed the affront to god in the form of a shortcut in the water.
A person from the Suez Canal Authority boards every vessel that goes through and pilots it. I’m not sure about smaller boats though.
Technically they do, at least in the US Navy I know that only in the Panama Canal does a captain hand over responsibility to the pilot, everywhere else the pilot is on board giving direction but the captain still has final authority.
Imagining everyone in the port, all the people on the highways getting out of their cars, bars full of people watching on tv, offices and zoom meetings around the world with sweating red faced managers, all just losing their shit with sopranos-style indignation.
I have been giggling uncontrollably at this for like the last twenty minutes fuck this post.
Kidding I haven't laughed this hard in a while and it feels goodIsn't that Ever Given ship one of the biggest cargo ships in the world? Most others probably won't be able to block the canal even if they wanted to.
