During the Suez Canal blockage I posted that the captain of the 'Ever Given' remained unidentified. Here is an article specifically about the CREW of the 'Ever Given' and the captain is not mentioned. How the hell is that possible?!?! THE IDENTITY OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE 'EVER GIVEN' REMAINS A ???
(www.maritime-executive.com)
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The 'Captains' (as always in the Suez) were the Egyptian pilots who navigate that 5x a day. They board with their own crew and go back/forth. BOTH have 25+ years experience apparently.
“You pay a fortune to go through the Suez Canal, about a $100,000 to $300,000 and you have to take on a Suez pilot. The canal authority says you have to take this crew on board,”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/29/suez-canal-pilots/
I also grabbed this excerpt from the article from WAPO that you provided as a link.
"Contrary to their titles, the pilots do not actually steer the vessel in the Suez Canal. The pilot serves more as a consultant, using his experience and practical knowledge of the canal to give advice, for instance on how to maneuver the vessel or what course to steer.
The captain has to be present at all times on the bridge and give the orders to the helm, to the engines and tugs, taking into account the pilot’s directions, according to international maritime law. The captain has to keep the pilot informed of any problems with the handling of the vessel “so that the pilot might be in a position to give better advice to control the navigation and movement of the vessel,” the law reads. Ultimately, “the responsibility falls completely” on the captain, it adds."
That should all be on the voice data recorder then.
Especially since the ship was traveling at twice the speed limit of the canal, at 15 knots.
Right?! The Ever Given has a top speed of 22 knots so, it was really moving. Another GA Anon posted up a graphic of the windspeed that day on the canal as a rebuttal to the reasoning presented that the 'high winds' caused the problem with the ship. I wish I had grabbed a shot of that.