In reply to Ian F (Forum Supporter) :
My jaw sort of hit the ground when the guy in that video said that they needed something 20,000 tons of pull and that the most powerful tug in the world was able to provide 420 tons.
In reply to Ian F (Forum Supporter) :
My jaw sort of hit the ground when the guy in that video said that they needed something 20,000 tons of pull and that the most powerful tug in the world was able to provide 420 tons.
At what point do the shipping companies behind all that tonnage just floating around say, "Screw it, we're going the long way!"?
Duke said:At what point do the shipping companies behind all that tonnage just floating around say, "Screw it, we're going the long way!"?
A long time ago, actually. Take a look at the vessel traffic around the Cape of Good Hope.
I'm not real smart, so... Why not start using helicopters to unload containers? I know there's a lot of containers on it but given how long the ship is multiple helicopters would work at once.
Of course, smarter people than me have already spent more time thinking about this...
RIP Suez Canal -- 1869-2021.
In reply to DWNSHFT :
What’s the capacity of the largest heavy lift helicopters? I believe a loaded 40 foot container can be 35 tons.
Given the way 2020 has gone, and the way 2021 has started, it's probably full of TP and ammo.
DWNSHFT said:I'm not real smart, so... Why not start using helicopters to unload containers? I know there's a lot of containers on it but given how long the ship is multiple helicopters would work at once.
Of course, smarter people than me have already spent more time thinking about this...
An MI-6 (probably what they have available) looks to lift 10-15 tones. It might not be able to lift all of them, but I suspect the bigger issue would be having a way to rig the container to lift them (not something commonly done by helicopter), and find the ground and helicopter crews to do it and not make things much worse (e.g. on fire).
Hah! Just looked it up, someone answers the exact question. They have a much lower lift capacity then I found for the MI-6. Mine might be total weight?
https://www.aerotime.aero/27542-Could-helicopters-solve-the-Suez-channel-blockage
A non scientific observation there’s way more forty foot containers than twenty foot. I have spent way too much of my life sitting at level railway crossings watching container trains going by or yarding.
Even assuming a helicopter can lift one, I believer there are around 20,000 on that ship.
Beer Baron said:Even assuming a helicopter can lift one, I believer there are around 20,000 on that ship.
Correct, so if you can move 1 an hour, every hour, it's 2.5 years straight.
Somebody should start digging a ditch parallel to the existing ditch that goes around this boat.
In reply to Steve_Jones :
With a proper crew rigging the containers and a dozen helicopters I'd be surprised to get fewer than a container every 5 minutes unloaded.
Dam the canal behind the ship in anticipation of the next high tide on the north side
In reply to aircooled :
No clue if the timing could be done, but containers are made to be lifted with quick release cams on a spreader beam... the rig wouldn’t know the difference between a crane hook, or a chopper hook. Now would be the time to invent a sky hook!
My dad once saw a container that had way to much in it get lifted from the upper corners, like they always do. Container lifted right up. The floor, however, stayed right where it was!
Run straps under it and attach to inflatables on both sides? To easy ?
Click on the link to learn about this literary treasure, I can't wait for the movie.
johndej said:
I was thinking more like...
"Canals closed folks, the moose up front should've told ya'!"
John Welsh said:RossD said:The SS Alpena is 639' long.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was 729' long!
And that's just the song!
I wonder what the bill is going to be for this? There is the obvious tow bill, but will there be fees for blocking traffic? Do they charge by the hour to be in the canal?
Wally (Forum Supporter) said:
Click on the link to learn about this literary treasure, I can't wait for the movie.
Chuck Tingle is a damn American treasure.
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