aphid_licker posted:

Tiny excavator single-handedly redeems 2021.

Imagine if the boap behind them had broadsided them to cap things off

Son of Thunderbeast posted:

Azhais posted:

Someone in the schadenfreude thread clarified that evergreen marine is the owner and all their ships are "ever something"

Azhais posted:

I wonder what kind of fines come with blocking the Suez

ekuNNN posted:

Why don't they just lower the ship?

Mr. Fall Down Terror posted:

a lot of them are rental trucks, meaning that an inexperienced driver is behind the wheel. you can guess how many of them pay for the additional insurance to cover things like this - especially to the extent necessary to cover the driver in the case of something like "ignored multiple warnings that the vehicle was overheight". it is also very likely the city would bill the driver for cleanup as well in addition to an dumbass fees for hitting the bridge in the first place. if a driver doesn't hit the bridge but stops and gets stuck, and needs to call the police to stop traffic to help them turn around, that can incur a fee as well

in terms of the vehicle itself, if the impact is low speed and the box covering itself is the only thing damaged - this bit is relatively cheap. it's just a wooden frame and some thin metal or plastic covering. this is part of why it comes apart so easily, a box truck is really just a flat bed truck with a cheap shed built on top to keep the weather out. if the truck is going fast enough to get jolted and then some damage is done to the wheels or suspension though...

in all cases the driver would assume the bulk of the costs, and if they are driving for a company then the company may be liable as well. if it's just some person who rented a truck though, they're looking at thousands of dollars in fees and fines

e: honestly, i wouldn't surprised if truck rental joints in the area didn't have specific warnings about the 11'8 bridge. "driving through here? watch out for this loving bridge!"

Blue On Blue posted:

maybe Egypt should just play ball and make the canal wider finally?

how hard can it be

Platystemon posted:

There’s a container ship blocking the Suez Canal and making the world seven thousand kilometres larger.

https://twitter.com/rmcfadzean/status/1374457942099980295

Slugnoid posted:

Traxis posted:

https://twitter.com/jsrailton/status/1374515642339004417

LostCosmonaut posted:

So this question is as gently caress, but what's stopping some bad actor from doing something like this deliberately? Suppose the son of some Saudi family that made billions off their construction firm decides he wants to get into terrorism, and buys some clapped out ship, turns it sideways in Suez, and blows a couple holes in the bottom. It seems like there should be something to prevent that other than assuming the good intentions of everyone involved.

LostCosmonaut posted:

So this question is as gently caress, but what's stopping some bad actor from doing something like this deliberately? Suppose the son of some Saudi family that made billions off their construction firm decides he wants to get into terrorism, and buys some clapped out ship, turns it sideways in Suez, and blows a couple holes in the bottom. It seems like there should be something to prevent that other than assuming the good intentions of everyone involved.

LostCosmonaut posted:

So this question is as gently caress, but what's stopping some bad actor from doing something like this deliberately? Suppose the son of some Saudi family that made billions off their construction firm decides he wants to get into terrorism, and buys some clapped out ship, turns it sideways in Suez, and blows a couple holes in the bottom. It seems like there should be something to prevent that other than assuming the good intentions of everyone involved.

LostCosmonaut posted:

So this question is as gently caress, but what's stopping some bad actor from doing something like this deliberately? Suppose the son of some Saudi family that made billions off their construction firm decides he wants to get into terrorism, and buys some clapped out ship, turns it sideways in Suez, and blows a couple holes in the bottom. It seems like there should be something to prevent that other than assuming the good intentions of everyone involved.

Nenonen posted:

Correction, I remembered wrong: the older Tu-22 had downward firing seats. The old cockpit was really poorly designed, you could barely see outside and it was designed to accommodate supersonic flight, everything else was secondary. The engines were also behind and above the cockpit, so there's that... The modernized 22M replaced the cockpit with a new one and placed the turbines in the wings.

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Suez sideways reminds me of this classic:




Big ships are so drat big. When they're out at sea, they seem normal because you don't get a true sense of scale. Put them near (or on) land and suddenly you realise how goddamn huge they are.

haveblue posted:

As if worldwide logistics weren’t hosed enough already

Platystemon posted:

Nothing.

The Six‐Day War closed the canal for seven years.

Uthor posted:

I mean, it was because of diplomacy, not because of physical blockage of the canal.

RoastBeef posted:

Egypt physically blocked the canal.

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Suez sideways reminds me of this classic:




Big ships are so drat big. When they're out at sea, they seem normal because you don't get a true sense of scale. Put them near (or on) land and suddenly you realise how goddamn huge they are.

RoastBeef posted:

Egypt physically blocked the canal.

Platystemon posted:

And it was a serious undertaking to clear it, taking more than a year after the diplomatic issues were resolved.

Now, Egypt could more thoroughly block the canal than any third-party is capable of, but still, the canal has been out of commission for a long time in the past, and it could happen again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal posted:

Today's blockade of the canal would not only cause great damage to the global economy, but also to Egypt itself. In 2009 alone, the state received almost $4.3 billion in fees from shipping companies whose ships passed the Suez Canal. This is one of the reasons why Egypt tries to make the passage attractive so that the canal can attract additional ships that previously used other routes.

Pissed Ape Sexist posted:

My eyes absolutely cannot parse the front of that ship, it's like a snail with eyes looking at the camera and going DOOT DOOT with its weird ship mouth. It looks entirely asymmetrical. Am I losing my mind?