Stuck In Suez

[OwlHoot]

Given it takes something like a day for them to get up to full speed, I don't think millisecond timing is the issue

Yes quite, but I meant millisecond reaction times to course deviations

[BR14]

Yes quite, but I meant millisecond reaction times to course deviations

from a 220 Kilotonne ship? did you do basic physics???

[Uncle Albert]

Who do I sue for this scandalous claim? I'm innocent!

[vetran]

Who do I sue for this scandalous claim? I'm innocent!

so good you posted it twice?

[Uncle Albert]

so good you posted it twice?

Sorry, not sure how that happened. I'm going to blame the forum upgrade.

[vetran]

Sorry, not sure how that happened. I'm going to blame the forum upgrade.

Yeah Nick only has half his mind on fixing it (that is more intelligence than most of General put together though) now he has to work for a living.

[Paddy]

A dredge-full situation

[xoggoth]

Update:

Frustration as ship laden with sex toys gets blocked from entering passage

https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/27/ship-...-jam-14314453/

[SueEllen]

It's starting to move

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-56559904

[NigelJK]

given that the stern is hard against the other bank, how will that work?

Like this:

The stern of a huge container ship that has been wedged across the Suez Canal for almost a week has been freed from the shoreline, officials say.