Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update
by liquidify on Monday March 29, 2021 @12:55AM
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Is this due to U.S. military involvement? I remember reading they were sending dredging experts.
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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update
by Clewza313 on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:00AM
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Even in normal operations the canal is being dredged continually, since it's basically a channel dug into sand that's continually dissolving in the water. Check out the cross sections here: it's much wider and more shallow (gradient up to 4:1) than you might think.
https://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/English/About/SuezCanal/Pages/C...
Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update
by tpmx on Monday March 29, 2021 @03:09AM
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They have a fleet of ~13 dredgers of different types:
https://www.dredgepoint.org/dredging-database/owners/suez-ca...
Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update
by Fronzie on Monday March 29, 2021 @02:03AM
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The Dutch company Smit (part of Boskalis) was hired for this job.
Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update
by aryehof on Monday March 29, 2021 @02:38AM
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This isn’t a Hollywood movie. Another country is actually considered to be the expert in such matters.
Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update
by fermienrico on Monday March 29, 2021 @04:34AM
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Why a snarky response to a harmless question? The person asking the question didn’t say anything about US expertise or Egyptian expertise.
It’s considered condescending to send help in dire situations?
Damn, everyone is on the edge these days.