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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by pasttense01 on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:44PM (#26594186)
There is another alternative: going around the southern tip of Africa. While this adds a couple weeks to trip time it also saves the massive Suez Canal transit tolls.

And remember the Suez Canal was closed for 8 years after the 1967 Israel/Egypt war. https://thegamming.org/2014/08/31/how-the-closure-of-the-sue...

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by spurgu on Saturday March 27, 2021 @10:01AM (#26602327)
Yeah and I'm under the impression that the fees are balanced so that it costs roughly the same amount to take either route. Ships only choose Suez because it's faster.
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