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Hah, that video also confirms something the Maersk Denver have claimed... that the Ever Given queue jumped to rush into the canal.
Not that I think this really is the problem... I do believe it was wind. Rudders only work on ships when they're moving at reasonable speed against the water, the only steering on a large ship are the rudders, and they're tiny... and the height of these things, unless they are tugged on the canal then wind can and will move them, and ships don't come to a stop easily.
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the only steering on a large ship are the rudders
And a couple of fuck off bow thrusters
Ever Given has two 2,500 kW (3,400 hp) bow thrusters.
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This FT article goes into lots of details about the possible causes, not just as simple as "a gust of wind".
https://www.ft.com/content/171c92ec-0a44-4dc5-acab-81ee2620d3c1
(Google for "ft article suez" and it's one of the first links, if you don't click on the cookie preferences you can read the entire article.)
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Here's an interesting article that suggests it could have been more than just wind. Suggests as ships get bigger the dynamics around how the water flows in narrow/shallow channels gets a bit weird : https://www.ft.com/content/171c92ec-0a44-4dc5-acab-81ee2620d3c1
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possibly a coincidence / accident but loving the fact that the Ever Given drew a great big cock and balls in the middle of the Red Sea before crashing and temporarily fucking a good chunk of global trade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5IKbYcLgQA