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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by serf on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @06:24AM (#26565426)
>and a pleasure craft

I see that labeling too, but the Tahia Misr2 is a tug, sister to the Tahia Misr1.

I'm not sure why it's displaying as a pleasure craft.

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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by andrewinardeer on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @07:50AM (#26565949)
Maybe it is enjoying itself?
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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by airhead969 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @08:34AM (#26566337)
I don't want to know, do I?

Edit: The phrase "pleasure craft" is a triple entendre, and possibly a quadruple.

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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by callesgg on Thursday March 25, 2021 @07:37AM (#26578963)
You fill in the AIS data fields yourself, my experience is that it is not uncomon to see the ”less important” AIS data Fields beeing wrong.
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Re:Suez canal blocked by a massive ship by airhead969 on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @08:37AM (#26566359)
Ah thanks. I bet it's a data sanitization or registration foul-up. It's Egypt, after all, where things don't always work honestly or consistently.
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