MAY PEACE BE UPON YOU AND WELCOME BACK TO ORANGE SHOTS
IT'S A VERY GOOD NEWS TO HAVE, THAT SUEZ CANAL IS CLEAR NOW
THE "EVERGREEN" LINE VESSEL EVER GIVEN IS CLEARED OFF
AND THE TRAFFIC HAS ALMOST RESUMED IN THE CANAL
AND THEN THERE ARE THREE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT NEED A RESPONSE, AND MOST OF YOU HAVE ASKED THEM
1. HOW DID THE SHIP REFLOAT
2. WHEN WILL TRAFFIC NORMALISE IN THE CANAL
3. IS THE SHIP'S CREW AT FAULT?
COMING TO THE FIRST QUESTION ABOUT REFLOATING THE VESSEL
AS STRANGE AS IT MIGHT SEEM, JUST LIKE HOW THE FORCES OF NATURE RAN THIS VESSEL AGROUND ...
IN A SIMILAR WAY THE "FORCES OF NATURE" CAME TO THE RESCUE AS WELL AND HELP REFLOAT THIS VESSEL
THE FORCES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE "HIGH AND LOW TIDES"
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HIGH TIDE IN SUEZ CANAL IS NOT MUCH, IT'S JUST A FEW INCHES...
BUT THESE FEW INCHES MADE THE BIG DIFFERENCE
BEFORE THE TIDES CAME TO PLAY, EXCAVATORS AND DREDGERS HAD DUG THE GROUND UNDER HER BOW AND ASTERN ..
LITTLE SPACE HAD ALREADY BEEN CREATED AND NEWS BROKE OUT IN THE MORNING THAT STERN OF THE VESSEL HAS BEEN CLEARED..
BUT THE BOW WAS STUCK
FINALLY WHEN THE TUGS PULLED HER ... JUST AS I SAID IN MY LAST VIDEO ....
I WILL LINK THAT IN DESCRIPTION FOR OYU GUYS TO SEE ...
ANYWAY ... THE TUGS' PULL COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDES LET THE VESSEL FREE .. AND REFLOAT ..
AS SOON AS THE VESSEL WAS AFLOAT, TUGS AND BOATS FILLED UP THEATMOSPHERE WITH HORNS ....
THE ATTEMPTS TO REFLOAT THE SHIP WERE GOING ON FOR ALMOST 6 DAYS...
DESPITE HUGE TUG BOATS, DREDGERS, EXCAVATORS ... IT WAS FINALLY THOSE FEW INCHES OF TIDE THAT REFLOAT THE SHIP...
YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE TRUE STRENGTH OF FORCES OF NATURE (WIND, SEA, TIDES ETC) WHILE AT SEA ...
NOW.. TO THE NEXT QUESTION ... HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR TRAFFIC TO NORMALISE IN SUEZ CANAL ...
AND YOU MIGHT ALSO THINK THAT AS THE CANAL IS UNBLOCKED, EVERYTHING SHOULD GO BACK TO NORMAL ..
BUT THERE IS QUITE SOME BACKLOG IN SUEZ CANAL ..
MANY SHIPS ARE STILL WAITING TO TRANSIT SUEZ CANAL .. WAITING THEIR TURN ...
THEY (SCA) ALLOW CERTAIN NUMBER OF VESSELS TO CROSS SUEZ CANAL ON DAILY BASIS (DURING DAY ONLY)...
THERE ARE NO NIGHT TRANSITS..
EARLIER APPROXIMATELY 50 SHIPS USED TO CROSS THE CANAL DAILY .. 25 UP AND 25 DOWN (APPROX) ....
THEY ARE NOW TRYING TO MAXIMISE THE NO OF SHIPS TRANSITING CANAL ON DAILY BASIS TO CLEAR OFF THE BACK LOG...
MOST OF THE VESSELS ARE BEING HANDLED ON FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS, THE VESSEL'S HAVING DELICATE CARGO ARE PRIORITISED TOO ...
BUT IT MAY TAKE WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS TO NORMALISE OPERATIONS IN SUEZ CANAL...
AS MORE THAN 150 SHIPS ARE ALREADY WAITING AT ANCHORAGE AREAS AND MORE VESSEL ARE COMING DAILY AND DROPPING ANCHORS ...
NOW COMING TO A VERY CRUICIAL QUESTION THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ASKED ...
IS THE VESSEL'S CREW TO BLAME FOR ALL OF THIS ...
"NEW YORK TIMES" CONTACTED THE VILLAGERS NEAR THE SITE OF ACCIDENT ...
VILLAGERS CLAIM TO HAVE WITNESSED WORST STORMS AND THE VESSELS STILL CROSSED IN RELATIVE PEACE ...
THEY ALSO RAISE A CONCERN THAT WHY ONLY THIS SHIP? WHY NOT THE SHIPS BEHIND OR AHEAD OF HER...
QUESTION SEEMS LOGICAL, BUT THE MIGHT NOT BE AS SIMPLE ...
IT'S EASY TO PUT A BLAME ON THIS SHIP BUT THE REASONS ARE QUITE COMPLICATED ...
THEY ARE COMPLICATE BECAUSE THE COMAAND OF THE VESSEL IS ALWAYS WITH MASTER ... LIKE ...
LIKE THIS VESSEL'S COMMAND IS WITH ME, DOESN'T MATTER IF THERE IS A PILOT OR NOT ON BOARD ...
BUT WHEN WE HAVE PILOT ON BOARD, THE CON IS USUALLY WITH HIM...
CON STANDS FOR "CONDUCT OF THE VESSEL" LIKE WHAT COURSE TO STEER AND WHAT SPEED TO KEEP ...
OBVIOUSLY I CROSS CHECK HIS ACTIONS AND IF I DISAGREE I HAVE FULL AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILY TO TAKE ACTION AS REQUIRED ....
BUT THAT IS WHERE THINGS BECOME A LITTLE CHALLENGING IN SUEZ...
SUEZ CANAL ISN'T THAT WIDE AND I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE MASTERS ARE QUITE TENSE DURING THIS PASSAGE ...
BECAUSE A MISTAKE BY PILOT CAN COST THOSE MASTERS AND THEIR SHIPS DEARLY ...
AT THE SAME TIME VESSEL'S ARE RUNNING AT GOOD SPEED, THEY HAVE TO COVER AROUND 120 KILOMETERS IN APPROX 12 HOURS ...
SHIPS ARE RUNNING AT A SPEED OF 12-13 KNOTS IN THE CANAL, IN THIS CASE SHE WAS DOING A SPEED OF AROUNF 13.0 KNOTS ...
IN ESSENCE THEY ARE BIG GIANTS TRAVELLING AT VERY FAST SPEED IN A NARROW CANAL ....
AND A SMALL MISTAKE CAN LEAD TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS ....
ORDERS ARE BEING GIVEN AND EXECUTED QUICKLY AND SOME OF THE MASTERS DON'T FIND ENOUGH TIME TO TIMELY CROSS CHECK EACH AND EVERY ORDER ...
AS AN EXAMPLE IF THE "HARD STARBOARD" ACTION IS MISTAKENLY GIVEN AND EXECUTED ....
BY YOUR HELMS MAN ....
AND IF THE SHIP STARTS SWINGING TO STARBOARD SIDE ...
AND LET'S SAY THE CAPT REALISES WITHING SECONDS THAT A WRONG ORDER HAS BEEN EXECUTED ....
AND CAPTAIN IMMEDIATELY ORDERS "HARD-A-PORT" ... IT MIGHT BE LATE ALREADY ....
IT'S NOT EASY TO STOP THE MONEMTUME THAT THIS HUGE 2,50,000 TONNES VESSEL HAS GAINED ...
IT'S PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT TO BREAK THE MOMENTUM OF SUCH A MAMMOTH ...
AND IF YOU FACTOR IN STRONG WINDS, SAND STORM, GUSTING WINDS ....
THE VISIBILITY WAS ALMOST "ZERO" ...N
AS A CAPTAIN YOU ARE ALREADY WORRIED ABOU THE WEATHER ...
YOU'RE ALREADY WORRIED ABOUT ACCEPTING THE CALL FOR SUEZ TRANSIT ...
YOU'RE ALREADY WORRIED ABOUT THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE SHIPS AHEAD AND ASTERN OF YOU ....
BY THE WAY THIS VESSEL HAD 13 SHIPS AHEAD OF HER ...
COMBINE ALL OF THIS WITH A NAVIGATIONAL MISTAKE ... AND YOU'VER GOT A BIG PROBLEM NOW ....
AMONGST SO MANY WORRIES YOU ARE ALSO HAMPERED BY THE FACT THAT ECDIS AND RADAR MAKE THIS MISTAKE EVIDENT WHEN THE VESSEL HAS ALREADY GAINED MOMENTUM ....
FOR PASSAGE THROUGN SUEZ CANAL, PANAMA CANAL, KURIA MURIA PASSAGE, KIEL CANAL ....
AND A FEW WATER LOCKS IN KOREA ... MOST RELIABLE EQUIPMENT THAT HELP ME DETECT A MISTAKE ....
ARE MY EYES... NOT THE ECDIS OR RADAR ... FIRST INDICATION YOU GET IS BY LOOKING AT YOUR FORWARD MAST ...
AND HERE YOU CAN'T SEE THAT AT ALL ... DUE TO SAND STORM ...
SO SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO COUNTER CHECK AND CORRECT A MISTAKE ....
NOW THAT THE VESSEL IS FREE, SOMEONE HAS TO PAY THE HUGE COSTS AND FINES INCURRED .....
AFTER THE VESSEL IS CLEARED,A TUG OF WAR STARTS ...
EVERY PARTY TRIES TO FIND OUT LOOP HOLES UNDER "WHAT WENT WRONG BANNER"
EVERYONE TRIES TO FIND OUT A REASON TO PUT BIGGER SHARE OF BLAME ON OTHER PARTY .. JUST TO REDUCE THEIR SHARE OF COSTS AND FINES ..
AND SHIP'S CREW IS A VERY SOFT TARGET ...
BECAUSE THE BOOKS SAY THAT "MASTER IS RESPONSIBLE PERSON ON BOARD - EVEN IF THAT MISTAKE IS MADE BY A 3RD PARTY ON BOARD ....
AND THIS "RESPONSIBILITY" THING MAKES HIM AN EASY TARGET TO BLAME AS WELL ...
I HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN SO (AND HE IS NOT BLAMED) ...
THE WHOLE POINT OF TODAY'S VIDEO IS TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE OF LATEST DEVELOPEMENTS AND TO TELL YOU WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT ....
TROUBLES FOR VESSEL'S CREW HAVEN'T ENDED YET ...
BECAUSE UNTIL THE TIME VESSEL WAS STUCK - FOCUS WAS TO GET HER OUT ....
NOW THE FOCUS WOULD BE ON -- HOW IT HAPPEND, WHY IT HAPPENED ... ETC ETC ....
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