Is "Ever Given" Container Ship's Indian Crew At Fault For Blocking the Suez Canal?

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Is "Ever Given" Container Ship's Indian Crew At Fault For Blocking the Suez Canal?

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Ever Given container ship that ran aground and blocked all shipping traffic through the Suez Canal, the busiest waterway in the world, has just been re-floated. The mega cargo ship's captain and the entire crew are Indian, the owners and shipbuilders are Japanese, the operator is German, the insurance company is British, the charterer is Taiwanese and the cargo is Chinese, according to media reports. The ship was reported blown aground by strong winds.

Ever Given Stuck in Suez Canal. Source: Bloomberg

The 200,000-ton, 1,312 ft-long, 175 ft-wide cargo ship got stuck in the Suez Canal last Tuesday. About 30% of global cargo ship traffic remained blocked with 50 ships added to the jam every day the vessel remained stuck, As of yesterday, there were $10 billion worth of goods with nowhere to go with more than 300 ships carrying products across multiple industries now stuck in the gridlock.

This is a major incident that will undoubtedly be investigated to prevent its recurrence. Early reports, however, indicate that there were significant errors made by the crew which might have contributed to the problem. Moments before the ship ran aground, the Ever Given was apparently traveling faster than a speed limit set by the Suez Canal Authority, Bloomberg reported. The ship's last recorded speed was 13.5 knots, logged 12 minutes before it grounded, according to Bloomberg, which cited its own data. The maximum allowed speed through the canal was between 7.6 knots and 8.6 knots, the report said. The Japan Times also reported the ship was traveling 13.5 knots, adding that two canal pilots were onboard when the ship hit land.

A Wall Street Journal report said that this is not the first time Ever Given has had problems at sea. On Feb. 9, 2019, the container ship ran into the 75-foot Finkenwerder, a pleasure ferry that was moored alongside a pontoon along the Elbe River in a suburb of Hamburg, Germany. It couldn't be learned if the current Indian captain of the ship was its captain when it hit the ferry.

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Is "Ever Given" Container Ship's Indian Crew At Fault For Blocking the Suez Canal?

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[thesolar65]

NO

 

[Titanium100]

Well ofcourse or could just be incomptence

 

[thesolar65]

Is "Ever Given" Container Ship's Indian Crew At Fault For Blocking the Suez Canal?

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Ever Given container ship that ran aground and blocked all shipping traffic through the Suez Canal, the busiest waterway in the world, has just been re-floated. The mega cargo ship's captain and the entire crew are Indian, the owners and shipbuilders are Japanese, the operator is German, the insurance company is British, the charterer is Taiwanese and the cargo is Chinese, according to media reports. The ship was reported blown aground by strong winds.

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Ever Given Stuck in Suez Canal. Source: Bloomberg

The 200,000-ton, 1,312 ft-long, 175 ft-wide cargo ship got stuck in the Suez Canal last Tuesday. About 30% of global cargo ship traffic remained blocked with 50 ships added to the jam every day the vessel remained stuck, As of yesterday, there were $10 billion worth of goods with nowhere to go with more than 300 ships carrying products across multiple industries now stuck in the gridlock.

This is a major incident that will undoubtedly be investigated to prevent its recurrence. Early reports, however, indicate that there were significant errors made by the crew which might have contributed to the problem. Moments before the ship ran aground, the Ever Given was apparently traveling faster than a speed limit set by the Suez Canal Authority, Bloomberg reported. The ship's last recorded speed was 13.5 knots, logged 12 minutes before it grounded, according to Bloomberg, which cited its own data. The maximum allowed speed through the canal was between 7.6 knots and 8.6 knots, the report said. The Japan Times also reported the ship was traveling 13.5 knots, adding that two canal pilots were onboard when the ship hit land.

A Wall Street Journal report said that this is not the first time Ever Given has had problems at sea. On Feb. 9, 2019, the container ship ran into the 75-foot Finkenwerder, a pleasure ferry that was moored alongside a pontoon along the Elbe River in a suburb of Hamburg, Germany. It couldn't be learned if the current Indian captain of the ship was its captain when it hit the ferry.

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[N.Siddiqui]

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Water damage put the submarine out of action for ten months.

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[Bossman]

It was a complete power failure which is crew error. The wind was a secondary factor.

 

[Protest_again]

I just hope they would be smart enough next time to hire superior Pakistani geniuses for the job. They work at a super human level cause of Allah's grace. At least @RiazHaq Saab will be happy and we might get to see an article on the same from him.

 

[Dark1]

Under pressure from Pakistani companies, who's billions of dollars worth of exports were stuck , the suez canal authorities have decided to fine each Indian crew member 100 usd per month, till the estimated 100 b usd in losses are compensated.

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

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[ZeEa5KPul]

Well, they ran Intel into the ground, makes sense that they'd run a ship into the ground too.

 

[RiazHaq]

Well, they ran Intel into the ground, makes sense that they'd run a ship into the ground too.

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[krash]

Not all nationalities have only taxi expertise

Why would you diss your own countrymen like that?

 

[Mrityunjay Rai]

Mullahs are junmiping up and down but.....

"Ships are piloted by canal pilots of the authority."

So keep writing mullah musing.

 

[Mujahid Memon]

Nothing serious. They just parked the ship for a tea break.

 

[xyxmt]

was India Naval crew ever at fault for sinking their ships and subs, were Indian pilot ever at fault for crashing 100s of fighter jet

NO