Re: Oooops! Suez Blocked
I just checked
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...y:-31.7/zoom:2 (a fascinating website, by the way) and the Ever Given is still stuck. It looks like there are several tugs in the area, but the latest satellite imagery doesn't suggest that any are currently working to move it.
I talked to a friend who is a ship's captain and he thinks there is a lot more to the wind story because it makes no sense that the wind would blow the bow the way that it did. Though I didn't get into the specifics, he suspects an equipment malfunction and that the company is hoping to get away with blaming Mother Nature so they won't be liable for the losses of other ships.
It makes sense to me when I really think about it, but somehow the fact that only about 50 ships traverse the canal each day seems surprisingly low.