Smit

It seems that the present spot of bother at the Suez Canal might prove to be a good earner for Smit, the people last mentioned at reference 1, the people who keep ocean going tugs dotted about the Western Approaches, just in case.

And it just so happens that the front page at reference 2 includes a striking image of a container ship having a spot of bother on the high seas. Not the one above.

Who said that Britannia ruled the waves?

PS: this morning I wondered about running a tow rope from the stuck end of the ship, across to the other side of the canal, from where pulling arrangements could be made. Dry land being better from that point of view than floating on the water. One catch, I suppose, is that suitable rope is not readily available. I associate to pictures of thousands of slaves hauling away on great lumps of rocks destined for pyramids and such like. Pictures from the days when extras were extras not computer animations.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2019/04/scavenger.html.

Reference 2: https://www.smit.com/#view/grid.

Reference 3: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2021/03/david-and-goliath.html. The spot of bother.