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Re:The Suez Canal will be widened by gambiting on Sunday May 16, 2021 @09:26AM (#27173557)
There's an extremely easy solution to this - just don't increase the width of the entry and exit points.
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Re:The Suez Canal will be widened by em-bee on Sunday May 16, 2021 @12:54PM (#27175009)
that doesn't help. the problem was the length of the ship, not its width. a narrow entry point does not limit the length.
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Re:The Suez Canal will be widened by gambiting on Sunday May 16, 2021 @05:26PM (#27177143)
But physics already limit the length of the ship, no? You can't make the current container ships any longer without also making them wider, so if you restrict the width you are also kind of restricting the length, at least with current technology.
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