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Re:HMM Rotterdam appears to be diverting to avoid congestion... by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday March 26, 2021 @06:27AM (#26590472)
Lot of shipping, by the looks of it: https://twitter.com/AriaCallaghan/status/1375154205233721348

The city of Cape Town was founded for much this reason - it's a good sheltered stopping point, half way around. Looks like it will benefit from this again, for a few weeks.

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Re:HMM Rotterdam appears to be diverting to avoid congestion... by gruez on Friday March 26, 2021 @08:42AM (#26591394)
That's slightly misleading because most of those ships were going that direction before the suez got blocked. I'd like to see how many actually got diverted.
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Re:HMM Rotterdam appears to be diverting to avoid congestion... by raverbashing on Friday March 26, 2021 @07:05AM (#26590672)
Ah yes the Cape of Good Hope (an euphemism for "Good luck crossing that")
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Re:HMM Rotterdam appears to be diverting to avoid congestion... by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday March 26, 2021 @07:09AM (#26590694)
It's the "Cape of Good Hope" in summer. In winter it's the "Cape of Storms".

In the original Portuguese: "Cabo da Boa Esperança", "Cabo das Tormentas". Thanks, Bartolomeu Dias.

The worst weather is actually slightly south-east of Cape Town & the Cape of Good Hope; around Cape Agulhas ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Agulhas ).

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