Here’s another fun blockage- today around noon another Evergreen giant cargo ship of the same class as Ever Given got stuck in Taipei Port for two hours. A crane thing hit the chimney and damaged it, and it wasn’t able to sail for two hours. But apparently it did manage to sail after that. During that time it made other boats stuck unable to access the port too.
Btw this one’s name is Ever Gentle 「長雅輪」
Just for fun, (I don’t think it’s a notable really) but check wiktionary for that last character. Number 9. Nahhh it’s just a term for a boat just kidding guys :p
Feel free to translate...
https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20210327edi009
Edit- because more sauce is tasty-
Apple news- another good news site. Well it’s not excellent but it’s okay.
https://tw.appledaily.com/property/20210327/BOO3VWGVX5C2TNOHACVWR2ZVRA/
This article gives more detail. So the port was not totally blocked, only the boats behind it.
https://ctee.com.tw/news/industry/436573.html
These guys are very anxious in damage control mode lol.
Edit1- You know what... I suddenly get the feeling this is a big distraction... the truck and the Ever Gentle thrown in to create coincidences that we love to hate... [they] are playing our games against us... does anyone else get this feeling?
Now that I know two of the names of this carrier's vessels, they're now sounding like they have some nefarious meaning, that being an indicator relating to their standard cargo.
I think they have an Ever Liberal too. Thought I read that the other day.
Ever Liberal 「長朗輪」 Dropped 36+ containers in early Jan 2021 (unclear when)
https://www.vesselfinder.com/news/19864-Containers-fall-from-Evergreen-Marine-vessel-in-rough-seas
Ever Given 「長賜號」
https://www.evergreen-marine.com/tbn1/jsp/TBN1_NewsListOverview.jsp?newsType=G2
Ever Gentle 「長雅輪」 3/27/2021 Noon got damaged in chimney, stuck and blocked port for 2 hours, okay now.
https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20210327edi010
https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20210327edi009
https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/2013/04/marine-traffic.html
Here's a live map of vessels around the Ever Given, if you zoom out you'll see the queues run around the block.
Ever Given Stuck early morning Mar 23rd 5 days so far. Ever Gentle stuck on Mar. 27th In Taipei for 2 hrs and an Evergreen Truck was stuck and holding up traffic in China today. Eisenhower Carrier Task Force passes Gibraltar and the whole Mediterranean can be bottled-necked.
https://news.usni.org/2021/03/08/uss-dwight-d-eisenhower-now-in-mediterranean-sea-after-strait-of-gibraltar-transit
Has any more information come out regarding a Russian Kilo submarine alleged to have gone missing in the Mediterranean earlier this month? https://smenews.org/2021/03/21/nato-loses-russias-black-hole-submarine-in-mediterranean-sea/
I am assuming that sub could have passed through the Suez.
I have read comments in the community about Russian naval units being present in the Med, with US naval units being present in Red Sea. In addition, the Eisinhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is currently in the Med (https://news.usni.org/2021/03/08/uss-dwight-d-eisenhower-now-in-mediterranean-sea-after-strait-of-gibraltar-transit). No USN CSG are indicated to be in the Red Sea area, however, there may be other vessels in the Red Sea which are not reported on: https://news.usni.org/category/fleet-tracker
This provides no explanation of why things are happening, just additional information about military assets in the region.
I think you should make another post about that, I don’t know anything!