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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by gambiting on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:21AM (#26621100)
Well maybe....make the Suez Canal wider? Like, double the width, so if this happens again ships can pass?

Or would it just lead to ships being made that can accomodate the entire width of the super-wide canal? :P

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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by Piskvorrr on Monday March 29, 2021 @10:22AM (#26622028)
Look at Panama Canal: its dimensions have defined container ships since...well...since it was built (see "Panamax"). When a new and improved set of locks was built, New Panamax ships (i.e. "juust large enough to fit the new maxima") were launched.
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Re:Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update by gambiting on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @08:33AM (#26646390)
Well I suppose that has a very simple solution - make the canal wider so that even if a ship runs into a side others can pass, but leave the entry points on both ends the same width.
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