🚨 ONE Orpheus is now sailing north in the convoy and heading to Port Said. The eastern lane is now open and accepting ships for transit. 🚨 🚨🚨 CORRECTION TO VIDEO: The bridge that the ONE Orpheus hit is not a rail bridge but a road traffic bridge. 🚨🚨

@sumotony

6 ай бұрын

Really amazing that the Egyptian state allows any cross traffic infrastructure in the canal at all. Would have thought that a car ferry service would have been the maximum allowed at all.

@SmedleyButler1

6 ай бұрын

Great work sal but your should show the phallic Freemason symbol the previously grounded ship made via GPS travel just prior to that "accident".... Or are you not tenured yet? I think it's safe now either way🤙

@dirtyeric

6 ай бұрын

@@sumotony during daylight only ferrys operate, the pontoon bridges swing out at night when there is no shipping traffic and most are for the Army only. The railway bridge, I believe is not functional as its undergoing serious repairs.

@TheByard

6 ай бұрын

The swing bridges were first installed by the army to move supplies quickly across as the ship convoys did not run at all through the night. There are now tunnels and a suspension bridge taking most of the traffic, the swing bridge in question would have been swung along the bank side in shallow water as the sides of the canal slope and are not verical.@@sumotony

@georgedoolittle9015

6 ай бұрын

Wow I just booked a Vacation to go there. Glad to hear it's all cleared up now!

so now the Red Sea has problems at both ends. You'd almost think it was planned that way.

@yankee1376

6 ай бұрын

Just an amazing coincidence

@Comm0ut

6 ай бұрын

Which is more abundant, competence or stupidity?

@davidty2006

6 ай бұрын

it really wants to become a lake.

this episode should be titled "say it ain't sooo Sal." superb as always brother Sal!

Best source of marine news out there Sal, thanks for your reporting.

@Shipspotting_Vietnam

6 ай бұрын

Yes, i love his information and analyses about marine!

@gwiyomikim5988

6 ай бұрын

Yes! Sal’s report/analysis aided by the MarineTraffic app graphics is spot on.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@martinswiney2192

6 ай бұрын

I bet my stuff i ordered from Amazon is on that ship and thats why its late!

@Shipspotting_Vietnam

6 ай бұрын

Yes, that is what Suez canal is important!@@martinswiney2192

Wow, Panama slowing down due to low water, Red Sea obstruction, Gate of Tears pirate attacks. Glad Sal is covering all this. Hope he can keep up!

Well... Right in time to disrupt Christmas deliveries...

Just shows how quick you react to the changing world of shipping. Nice one👍👍

Pilots change at Ismalia. Pilots often distracted during this handover.

As a ships captain who traversed the Marlboro canal too often I am not surprised . I personally referred to it as the sewage canal because transit was a s..t experience . Bridges nil , ships 1 then .

@sjc4

6 ай бұрын

Marlboro canal 😂 apt descriptor

@davidthelander1299

6 ай бұрын

For those that don’t understand the reference .. any official who comes aboard the ship prior to transit expects ‘backsheesh.’ Gifts of cartons of cigarettes. Everybody from the pilot, customs, health officials, even the tugs, before they will take your lines.

@davidthelander1299

6 ай бұрын

And if you don’t pay, they will find reasons to hold you up. You might sit for an extra two or three days. It has been about 40 years since my last transit, but I don’t imagine much as changed.

It is a Legal Requirement for ships entering most bays and channels around the world to take on a pilot, and yet they seem to take no responsability for anything that goes on while they ar in charge. I would like to see this turned around, making them more resposable when things go wrong. thanks for your great channel.

@paulphotios3920

Ай бұрын

Hard for the pilot to accept problems due to failures on the ship. So all responsibility rests with the master

Sal, you just keep getting stronger and stronger with this channel. Excellent update!

See the high-resolution details of the traffic movement in the canal and being able to replay it at different speeds is almost surreal. Really well done description of the situation, Sal. Love your channel.

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for that!

What a excellent informative video that so well explained especially for non seafaring community to understand the ins and outs of shipping thanks Sal. Having transited Suez umpteen times as C.O and Master always the Bosun or leading seaman at the helm any command from the pilot was only acted on when agreed by the Master or OOW but the general command stay in centre as Pilots would ask full rudder then try claim the vessel has steering problems with $300 will solve the problem or the Great Bitter Anchorage for weeks also four Pilots during the transit on the take nicknamed the Marlborough canal, wonderful memories.

He never mentions the pilots on these ships that ran both of these aground in the canal, they are in charge, seems the quality of the pilots has dropped a lot

@derek6579

6 ай бұрын

Or they are drunk?

@user-th3bo2yp1t

6 ай бұрын

Seems yemeni hostility is less impactful than egyptian incompetence

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

I mention pilots coming on board with the issue of human control

@specialservicesequipment393

6 ай бұрын

It's ridiculous that your required to have a channel pilot but the ships master is still responsible for the pilots screwup

@indylovelace

6 ай бұрын

It is my understanding pilots are not in charge of the ship. The captain is to maintain control over the ship 100% of the time. The pilot will provide guidance and local knowledge, but the captain is responsible for any orders given to the crew. Now what happens in reality could be completely different.

whoopsie. I admire the endless adaptiveness of shipping but lord it's interesting times.

Been appreciating your videos for a long time Sal, thank you. God Bless your health and ability to continue.

I'm not saying that this is what has happened here... But "someone" has figured out that massive ships can be weaponized and used to incapacitate critical infrastructure. The Chinese ship that recently dragged it's anchor for several kilometers across infrastructure on the bottom of the Baltic is a pretty clear cut example. Blocking the Suez canal at a moment in time when the whole world's marine traffic network is under stress AND taking out a rail link at the same time?!? It makes you think...

@spayshipearthdestinationunknow

6 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing, it’s almost as if the global elites want chaos and panic in order to get the masses to beg for authoritarian control of their lives.

@Aethercell

6 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing... It's always easy to let your mind run wild and grasp at theories, but when there is so much international conflict and tension right now it seems a little more warranted to at least consider the possibility and ask questions. More great power competition and friction is driving many countries to explore new forms of hybrid, informational, and economic warfare... So it makes sense to keep a close eye on vulnerable infrastructure and systems. Especially unique and critical choke points. But of course, it's probably just an accident. Probably.

@kyle18934

6 ай бұрын

I didn't hear about the Chinese ship cutting infrastructure with its anchor. that isn't good... could that shift a civilian ship into a warship if they are targeting important assets?

@truthsRsung

6 ай бұрын

That swing bridge is for Road Traffic. I looked at a map myself. Feel free to do your own due diligence. Edit....Four miles west on that road is a Military Base. If certain people wanted Egypt to be unable to send troops East, then disabling that bridge would be a good start.

@nextinstitute7824

6 ай бұрын

@@kyle18934 Would imagine so. Hybrid warfare...

Thanks for the service and visibility you provide.

That hull looked corroded where the damage was. Am I seeing that right? 15 yr old ship?

Bravo Sal, keeping you busy Thank You! & Happy Holidays!

Seeing these ships transit the Suez Canal reminds me of trying to thread a needle with a steel cable. 😊

Good video Sal thanks for all your efforts!

My bingo card for today did not have the phrase "before you know it you find yourself impaled on a bridge" I love you sal

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

Haha! Thanks!

Thanks for posting! Your information is critical for me!

I can't imagine what that poor bridge span looks like. Glad there was no long-term sea traffic jam in there. Thanks for your coverage, Sal.

While working on the construction of the first Suez Canal Road tunnels back in the 1970s, we would walk over to the canal and watch the shipping go by. Near us army convoys would be lined up and when the last ship passed a floating bridge with one end attached to a small jetty with a pivot arrangement. Would be swung around across the canal, self-powered by huge diesel engined outboard units. Fitted through steel work on either side of the bridge, there was also a small work boat/tug in case needed. The bridge would be operated by army personal and in all the times I watched to operation it went without a hitch. We had a couple of small sailboats that we learnt to sail on the bitter lakes, they were stored in a shipping container at a police post. They officers would join in our BBQs after our days sailing, a lunch time port of call would be the Suez pilots club. Show on the map on the corner of the south lane and lake Timsar south of Ismaila. A that time there were rusting hulks of ships that had been trapped in the lakes during the Suez wars. Plus we had an army bomb disposal unit stationed with us to check our working site especially after sandstorms.

It's a fine thing to get updates on important events from an expert. Thanks.

@carlmorgan8452

6 ай бұрын

Bottle neck shipping .... just in time for holidays 😮

The tracking you had was wonderful and really helped to visualize what happened. Charles

Thanks for info

Damn, I got a bunch of batteries currently on a cargo ship that was heading through Suez but luckily it was a few ships ahead so just missed the delay, lol! But at least it was freed fairly quickly and hopefully whoever has cargo on that ship doesn’t get delayed too much as a result.

Great channel, thank you for doing it.

It was not a railway bridge, that is 6 km north on the canal from this place.

Another great episode Dr. Sal! Thank you Sir!

Marvelous coverage, love your channel.

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙂

I was going to say that bridge did not look like the railway bridge, its a big bastard, but I see in the comments you corrected that. The floating pontoon bridges are blue (shown) and green and are utilized at night. The railway bridge has been undergoing massive repairs for some time and, I believe, is still not functional. Am sure the pilot won't be blamed and the quickness is likely due to this happening darn near in eyeshot of the SCA Headquarters in Ismailia. Its my understanding also that these incidents happen an average of once a month with a major issue once annually. The lower canal is being widened for dual lane.

I do subcontractor work in the Vigor shipyard and drydock in Portland OR. I was having a conversation with one of the project managers about the "Brain Drain" since COVID. A bunch of 20-30 year experience guys never went back to work. Now you see Junior guys doing jobs that take 5-10 years to Master. I wonder the experience of the Pilot?

@nicholaskelly1958

6 ай бұрын

This is a serious problem. I met a railway civil engineer in the Czech Republic earlier this year and he told me that the Covid crisis has caused a major brain drain problem. As a significant number of senior/expirenced staff have taken early retirement.

@johnmacdonald1878

6 ай бұрын

There is a first day for everything, but you don’t get to pilot a 300 plus meter container ship on your first day. It takes years of experience as a pilot to move up the tonnage limits.

History never repeats but it rhymes, sometimes with a bang!

First video I've seen of yours and I've always had somewhat of an interest in shipping. Never thought about weekly shipping updates though and after just a few minutes of listening to you you seem to know what you're talking about so there ya go, you earned a sub based on just 120 seconds of your content.

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

I think you left out a deliberate action in how these incidents can occur. I would like to know more about the pilot who navigates them through this section. By causing a back up in the Suez Canal, the number of ships loitering further south in the area of the attacks by the Houthi terrorist/pirates increases, making it a target rich environment. B Z flags to those sailors getting her free and clearing the jam! To the folks running the channel... GREAT JOB! Nice to see all of this as it happens!

@skutchBlobaum

6 ай бұрын

You mean revenge for our crappy foreign policy?

@24680kong

6 ай бұрын

Especially since it was the northbound that got blocked. Northbound ships are stuck in the AO while the southbound ships are still able to pass, and provide new targets.

@shaonian

6 ай бұрын

Last time it was the pilot provided by Egypt who screwed up. I wonder if it's the same one this time.

@user-yy1rs3df3q

6 ай бұрын

I think it would be in this channel's best interest to not delve into that type of speculation until there's some compelling evidence.

@j_taylor

6 ай бұрын

Sure, we can suggest all manner of conspiracies in KZread comments, but Sal seems to follow the data. I don't fault him for that.

Supply chain constraints tend to equal a rise in price. Maybe, just maybe, demand will drop enough to not raise prices to alarming levels. Thanks Sal

@matchesburn

6 ай бұрын

...And right before Christmas. Good god, what a mess.

Thanks for the vidja Sal! Peaceful Skies.

Great coverage of the incident, clear and concise even to the layman.

The Suez Canal is so narrow for such a long time I'm surprised blockages don't happen more often.

Great job Sal! Support Jones Act!!!

Love the channel Sal!

Great overview of this accident Sal, thankyou !!!!

Ramming speed!!! Boomboomboomboom.

Thanks again Sal for your great information and analysis on shipping 🚢

Thanks for the quick reporting

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

You bet

Great channel. Thanks!

Such an important canal you would think a tunnel would be a better investment than a swing bridge

Yes and your channel is on top of all the choke points. Thx again!

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

You bet!

Thanks for another interesting and detailed report Sal. And yes, Not again is right.

Nice presentation, thanks for sharing the info.

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I never thought of Container Ship vs Locamotive and wouldn't have guessed this winner. Edit: I looked at a map and this is a Vehicle Roadway, not a train track.

Thank you!

Very informative thank you .

wow that was a great response to the Suez Canal staff

You need a theme song to begin and end your videos. I recommend “The wreck of the Edmond Fitgerald” and “Calipso”. Just a thought. I know John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot would approve.

Great content, thanks for sharing 👍.

There is the possibility that the issue was not with the ship but with the bridge. That it was not where it was supposed to be.

@obtuse1291

6 ай бұрын

Was nobody looking? I wouldn't drive on the motorway with my eyes shut assuming that all the other vehicles are also driving along where they should be.

@adrianklaver113

6 ай бұрын

@@obtuse1291 Well narrow waterway and a ship with a lot of inertia equals not a lot of choices even if you do see something out of place. You see this on the motorway also, wet conditions, heavy truck, smaller vehicle makes sudden movement to cut off truck, bad things happen. You can be fully aware and still not stop the wreck. Physics is a thing.

@adrianklaver113

6 ай бұрын

This is moot now(12/7/23) as it has been reported that the ship suffered a rudder failure.

Sal, you should change the title of your channel to, "What else could possibly go wrong with shipping!" LOL

That damage on paint is 100% just old rust. Its obviously above waterline rust and only looks that way as bow is lofted outta water being grounded

Thanks for the information 👍.

Looks like they may have to fish some wreckage (Pieces of bridge) out before reopening. Pictures look like damage is pretty much above the water line (And more than enough to leave the ship sitting on the bottom if there was any meaningful underwater damage.) That same damage says she can't leave port until after much repair and removal of cargo. With the hole I see normal ocean swell would send her down like Titanic.

You have Two Bridge Pillings jutting out into the canal plus a secondary canal about a mile or two away . That could possibly cause a sub surface whirlpool effect similar to HELLS GATE on The Hudson , Harlem and East Rivers in NYC .🤔

Just found this channel, liked & subscribed! 👍

Thanks Sal!

Omg… not again. Thank you for the news

Love your work. 😃

Looks like it hit a road bridge. Just along from the new Suez canal hq

HA! Can't blame me this time. I was nowhere near it.

It’s my favorite shipping KZreadr Salmer Kagano (check subtitles)

What a great vid, thanks. The comments here, from all the old sea dogs, are as interesting as the vid 👍

So interesting watching this nice to see how the suez canal works good video

Maybe the side suction on canals, they overcorrect and impaled the bridge. Its hard to imagin getting like that on a regular transit instead of just scrapping the side.

I enjoy your show very much

What happened/happens with the ships immediately following ONE Orpheus in the northbound lane at the time of the accident? Can they pass? If not: Can they reverse themselves, or do they need the help of tugs to "reverse out"? Or will they just wait? (either way: Sounds like a traffic jam... At least rubbernecking should not be a problem there...)

good to know about the yearly period.

Thanks!

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

Crazy how recent those satellite images are. Great work on reporting this

I would guess from my distance away, that the bridge was high enough that the holes in the ship are well above the water line. It looks like a road bridge.

The “damage” on the bow aft of the railway barge/bridge I think is marine growth in the splash zone above the anfifouling / boot topping and on the bulbous bow. Seen it many times like that on containerships with lighter coloured hulls

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

It may be. I have seen it to, but hard to tell with this damage.

You are the Best !!

its not a railway bridge - the turns are too tight on Google maps you can see trucks lined up on the east side

As of 2:18 PM EST the big news feeds haven't posted anything about it.

3:14, is it a railway bridge?

We have heard about wind effects but are there any currents within the canal? In the other lane there was a ship closer to the eastern bank instead of the middle of the lane as expected. Could that cut across lane tend to push a ship to the east when there was traffic passing on the other side? I would suspect that without that land divider it would be considered unsafe to have ships passing at those relative speeds in opposite directions so close to each other.

@johnmacdonald1878

6 ай бұрын

No not really. Little or none. Wind at times. Safer , I suppose so, There are however plenty of locations where ship pass close to each other in relatively narrow channels.

Amazing to watch In real time!🎉😂❤

Really good video.

@wgowshipping

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Do we need to build railway along and winch the vessels through the cannal?

Good report! A small correction: the bridge looks like the Ahmed el-Mansy pontoon bridge, which is a road bridge. The El Ferdan Railway Bridge is about 6,000 meters to the north.

@zombieat

6 ай бұрын

6000m? 🤔

My guess is that it is hard to justify adding more double lane sections based on redundancy in case of groundings. Instead, the double lane sections are justified based on increasing transit capacity. AFAIK, the amount of traffic through the Suez Canal has not reached that expected when planning the "New Suez Canal" project. That is because Europe's economy is not growing as fast as expected. Given all the excitement in the Black Sea and Strait of Tears, I wouldn't expect new lanes to be built in this decade.

@MM22966

6 ай бұрын

I wouldn't expect new lanes to be built in this decade simply because Egyptians would steal all the money for the project or be able to build it without wrecking things. There is a REASON this baby was built by the French and British, not the locals.

@death_parade

6 ай бұрын

@@MM22966 Well the Brits are busy stealing from their own people these days (cough HS2 cough). Which is at least better than back when they were stealing from their colonies.

@richdobbs6595

6 ай бұрын

@@MM22966 Your comment is foolish, not basing your assessment on readily available current data. The New Suez Canal was financed by the Egyptians themselves, they managed the project, got it built in record time, albeit depending on European contractors and equipment. The corruption associated with the New Suez Canal wasn't associated with theft or ineffectiveness in building it, it was doing a vanity project for the benefit of the military government, and selling it to the local population who readily financed something that was of dubious value. In any case, the original Suez canal was built by coerced Egyptian labor, albeit with French and British management.

Fabulous.

The gift that keeps giving... First the Zero F-s Given now the Up Your One Orifice...

nice just in time for December festivities!

Could there be pieces of the bridge that are now underwater and maybe in the channel?

How can the ship be damaged far down on the port/left side if she hit the bridge om the starboard/right side??? Seems to that the bridge could have been closed??? That could also explain the track from the ais.

Cool 🎉

If I had a dime for every time a ship ran aground in the Suez Canal I would only have two dimes. Its just weird that its happened twice. Also it's max speed is 20 knots. That is really impressive for a freighter.