Suez Canal blocked by grounded container ship since at least 0600 UTC today - Traffic in both directions stopped; Millions of yuros' Amazon delivery dates updated

Mr. Bung said:
Hmm...the waters off Somalia are actually pretty rife with pirates. Damn, this canal really helps ships avoid a lot of shit...
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Yeah the canal being delayed for six more weeks would definitely change geo politics.

I'm aware of Somalia but where else? The congo is unstable. How many reports of piracy there?
 
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DeadFish said:
So what are world wide ramifications if it does tip? I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to see that shit show
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Suez is responsible for 14% of all global trade. If shft there, ships go a different route. But there are other chokepoints, and if someone happens there too, things get interesting. Another chokepoint is the Malacca Strait, where politically things are tense between China and India, and the US is of course pouring gasoline to fire by doing joint military exercises with the pajeets

90% of China's food supply (grain, fertiizers etc.) depends on sea trade going through these chokepoints. If few of them get problematic, China can return to tradition and finally have another le epic famine

I am 100% certain some galaxy brained niggas in Taiwan are now realizing all it takes to royally fuck China is having an accidental fire start at one of their cargo ships accidentally at the right time and place
 
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DeadFish said:
Yeah the canal being delayed for six more weeks would definitely change geo politics.

I'm aware of Somalia but where else? The congo is unstable. How many reports of piracy there?
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Looks like the Congo has had just a few isolated incidents over the years, and is probably classified as part of the issue with piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which is apparently a growing concern. That's news to me.

I'm wondering, if ships are going to have to be rerouted around Africa for awhile will there be a sudden spike of piracy as many see this as an opportunity?
 
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Carlos Weston Chantor said:
90% of China's food supply (grain, fertiizers etc.) depends on sea trade going through these chokepoints. If few of them get problematic, China can return to tradition and finally have another le epic famine
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A shitton of stuff for China just goes from California to China across the Pacific. We grow all their food.

And on edit: We're having a drought here so they might have food problems later this year.
 
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Mr. Bung said:
Looks like the Congo has had just a few isolated incidents over the years, and is probably classified as part of the issue with piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, which is apparently a growing concern. That's news to me.

I'm wondering, if ships are going to have to be rerouted around Africa for awhile will there be a sudden spike of piracy as many see this as an opportunity?
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I guess the more stable regimes will demand a tax from shipping companies. Pay us and we will ensure you safe passage. Maybe have armed guards escort you. If not? Well, well it seems these pirates got an anonymous tip about your cargo, location and schedule. Also about any ransom insurance your crew might have
 
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I imagine it's Europe that would have to be worried.
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No, European countries top the lists of food self-sufficiency. Central Europe in particular. If someone bad happens we simply let gay nations like the french starve and keep the food to ourselves. No big deal.

China on the other hand has extremely shitty soil, Sichuan is the only region where the soil is good and the vegetative period is long enough to produce a lot of food, still there's no way they could feed 1+ billion chinks with Sichuan. There's this retarded meme that claims famines were introduced to China by commies, but before Mao's great famine China had some major famine literally every 5-10 years for most of their history. If the global trade shits its pants millions of chinks will be dying of starvation every day. here's how that's a good thing
 
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Desu Vult said:
Ok this is starting to look like a /k spergfest but I'll bite.

The engines and fuel tanks on that kind of ship will be below waterline, and usuallly compartmentalised away from outer hull.

RPGs are made for fucking up tanks and bunkers. They dont handle empty space well, and there have been enough 50-60ft patrol boats (basically sportsishers with a fancy radar and a couple of 50s on deck) returning home with multiple RPG hits.

The sheer fucking size of those ships is something else, they have been built to have some chance of survival in case of a wreck, and an RPG hit is a literal mosquito bite compared to what their own mass and speed can do to them.

Now they ARE undercrewed and heavily automated, so if you aim your RPG at the bridge at exactly the right moment...
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I'd be more concerned with a missile transferred by Iran to their friends in Yemen.

Carlos Weston Chantor said:
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The scale of that fucking ship is impressive.
Catch The Rainbow said:
How did companies adjust to the suez being closed for 8 years due to the 6 day war?
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Globalhomo was not in effect yet, so international trade of goods wasn't such an issue. People made their own shit.
 
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DeadFish said:
Yeah the canal being delayed for six more weeks would definitely change geo politics.

I'm aware of Somalia but where else? The congo is unstable. How many reports of piracy there?
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According to the ICC Live Piracy Report there was a piracy incident in the DR Congo in January. There have also been incidents off Nigeria and Benin which have become hotspots of piracy recently. The waters off Somalia have been quiet in recent years but who knows if piracy will make a resurgence there.

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Oh I completely agree that the ship is done. Its just that using an rpg on it would be like shooting like an elephant that's fallen down a cliff and broken it's spine in the ass with a bb gun. Practically irrelevant. Naval architecture and the literal scale of those ships is something else. Even if you somehow managed to put an rpg directly into its waterline, the normal pumps on it would probably expell water faster than the comparatively small hole your rocket made could let in.
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I have nothing to add to this post other than to say that I love the post/avatar combo. Four Lions is such a good film.
 
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Suez Canal blockage is delaying an estimated $400 million an hour in goods

Lloyd's List values the Suez Canal's westbound traffic at roughly $5.1 billion a day, and eastbound traffic at around $4.5 billion a day.
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The stranded mega-container vessel, Ever Given in the Suez Canal, is holding up an estimated $400 million an hour in trade, based on the approximate value of goods that are moved through the Suez every day, according to shipping data and news company Lloyd’s List.

Lloyd’s values the canal’s westbound traffic at roughly $5.1 billion a day, and eastbound traffic at around $4.5 billion a day. The blockage is further stressing an already strained supply chain, said Jon Gold, vice president of supply chain and customs policy for the National Retail Federation.
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I know they said it was caused by freak weather, but that company better be praying the ensuing investigation doesn't find any cut corners/malpractice on the part of the company (although it almost certainly will because that's how they all roll) because otherwise they're gonna be taken to court by pretty much the entire world and then gangbanged like a $20 hooker at a frat party.

Mr. Bung said:
Hmm...the waters off Somalia are actually pretty rife with pirates. Damn, this canal really helps ships avoid a lot of shit...
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I wouldn't say they're rife anymore tbh. I mean don't get me wrong piracy's still a fair problem but the combination of shipping lines actually springing for security, and the multiple international naval taskforces did a fairly successful job of suppressing it. Of course a major change in shipping patterns could easily cause a rapid upswing since piracy isn't particularly difficult to get into, so who knows.
 
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Diverted down the African coast? To my friends in Somalia?!

You better watch out
You better not cry
Better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town


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As far as piracy around the Gulf of Aden & off Somalia goes, there's been some pretty lulzy videos recently of pirates getting lit up by navy guns.


Larger shipping firms & insurance agencies also started contracting armed security after the Pirates of Somalia gained notoriety, along with installing fun things like LRADs and legit heat-rays. It's not that the pirates went away, it's just that it didn't take skinnies long to start avoiding really juicy targets & seemed to be opting for older/slower again.

Source: friends who left KBR and went to sea instead. Last I heard it was still good money (as always).
 
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