Just how big is that stuck ship? - 03/31/21
It's floating now but has caused some massive problems. I was trying to get my head around just how big that ship is and I found some amazing numbers.
length, 400M. My house is 60' long. That's as long as 22 of my houses end to end. My driveway is a little over 100yds. It's 4 times the length of my driveway.
beam, or width: 192' That's more than 3 of my houses wide.
draft: 48' That's the vertical distance below the water line, the minimum depth of water necessary to float it. That's the draft for this trip. 52' is the max.
hull depth (height from keel to the main deck) is 107'. That doesn't include the structures above the deck. That's an 11 story building with all the containers on top of that. It appears that the containers were stacked 10 high. They're 8' so that's 80' plus a lot more ship's structure above that. It'll take a pretty large drawbridge to allow this one to pass.
capacity: about 20,000 containers (18000 were on board for this trip). Sea going containers are normally 20' or 40' long. I couldn't find an data on how many of each size are included in that 20k.
Power: a single 80,000 HP 2-stroke diesel engine. I'm guessing that it's not subject to EPA low sulfur regulations.
speed: 23 knots, about 26 mph
There are currently 133 ships in use that will carry between 18k and 24k containers. 53 more are on order. As fast as they're being built, they will likely affect sea level more than melting glaciers.
The ship was suspended between the grounded bow and stern. As the tides came and went, the middle rose and sank, flexing and stressing the midship structure. They need to carefully inspect it for cracks and breaks before it's allowed to leave the lake in the middle of the canal. Can you imagine the mess if it broke in half in the open sea?
The blame game is just starting and there are 5 countries involved. It was built and owned by a Japanese company, chartered and operated by a Taiwan company, registered in Panama, and managed by a company in Germany. Plus, there was an Egyptian pilot aboard who was responsible for it's safe passage. There are going to be hundreds of very rich lawyers before this is resolved.
length, 400M. My house is 60' long. That's as long as 22 of my houses end to end. My driveway is a little over 100yds. It's 4 times the length of my driveway.
beam, or width: 192' That's more than 3 of my houses wide.
draft: 48' That's the vertical distance below the water line, the minimum depth of water necessary to float it. That's the draft for this trip. 52' is the max.
hull depth (height from keel to the main deck) is 107'. That doesn't include the structures above the deck. That's an 11 story building with all the containers on top of that. It appears that the containers were stacked 10 high. They're 8' so that's 80' plus a lot more ship's structure above that. It'll take a pretty large drawbridge to allow this one to pass.
capacity: about 20,000 containers (18000 were on board for this trip). Sea going containers are normally 20' or 40' long. I couldn't find an data on how many of each size are included in that 20k.
Power: a single 80,000 HP 2-stroke diesel engine. I'm guessing that it's not subject to EPA low sulfur regulations.
speed: 23 knots, about 26 mph
There are currently 133 ships in use that will carry between 18k and 24k containers. 53 more are on order. As fast as they're being built, they will likely affect sea level more than melting glaciers.
The ship was suspended between the grounded bow and stern. As the tides came and went, the middle rose and sank, flexing and stressing the midship structure. They need to carefully inspect it for cracks and breaks before it's allowed to leave the lake in the middle of the canal. Can you imagine the mess if it broke in half in the open sea?
The blame game is just starting and there are 5 countries involved. It was built and owned by a Japanese company, chartered and operated by a Taiwan company, registered in Panama, and managed by a company in Germany. Plus, there was an Egyptian pilot aboard who was responsible for it's safe passage. There are going to be hundreds of very rich lawyers before this is resolved.