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Old 25-03-2021, 03:45 PM #1
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Whenever you have a bad day at work, just remember, it wont have been as bad as this Captain's day
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Yes well done the Tug boats
and Land Digger
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A flotilla of tugboats, as well as dredgers and diggers resumed efforts to move the Ever Given at high tide on Thursday morning, after stopping overnight.

Later, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement said in a statement that an attempt to refloat the vessel at about 08:00 was not successful, and that another attempt would be made in the afternoon.

The management company added that a team of salvage experts from Smit Salvage had been appointed and were attending to the ship.

The CEO of Smit Salvage's parent company, Boskalis, warned that it could take weeks, rather than days, to refloat the ship.

"It is like an enormous beached whale. It's an enormous weight on the sand," Peter Berdowski told the Dutch TV station NPO.

"We might have to work with a combination of reducing the weight by removing containers, oil and water from the ship, tug boats and dredging of sand."
According to BBC News the canal is still blocked
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What shipping traffic currently looks like

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Yes Keep Digging it out
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The little excavator that could
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Yes it going to effect all Deliveries.
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8 tug boats pushing and pulling,
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It makes you wonder why the whole world never got together and said "Maybe we should consider adding alternate routes instead of just this one canal that could easily be blocked" xD
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Oh dear Captain , you the in deep poo poo !
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this reminds me when i went to Malta and did not go for a week
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The little excavator that could
If I was there I'd go and pose with a little plastic sandcastle shovel
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What's in the containers?
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The little excavator that could
Looks like a 'Tonka toy' compared to that beast.
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They have now accepted USA help
to get it moved out of the way.

Ref: BBCnews
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If a High Tide
appears they think
they can move with many tug boats
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What's in the containers?

Chino Trousers
Electrical goods
Knickers
Vibrators
Garden Tubs with mains box
M&S Clothes
Wood Garden Furniture
Card Boxes (all gone up in price)
75" LED TV's 8K
Batteries
Steel for Kitchens
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Chino Trousers
Electrical goods
Knickers
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Garden Tubs with mains box
M&S Clothes
Wood Garden Furniture
Card Boxes (all gone up in price)
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No trafficked humans?

I don't believe you.
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No trafficked humans?

I don't believe you.

There is no room for them.
This a Japan Owned ship.
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