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2021-03-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Cargo ship draws giant penis in Red Sea then becomes wedged in Suez Canal
[NYPOST] Hot dog, does this container ship have bad luck.

Before getting itself into a pickle by running aground in the Suez Canal, this unfortunate vessel drew one.

According to nautical tracking service VesselFinder, the massive Ever Given charted a route resembling a penis, testicles and an enormous butt in the Red Sea before it became stuck, causing an intercontinental traffic jam in the maritime artery.

As for the possibility that the vessel tracking site somehow conjured the data as a juvenile genital joke, "There is no room for some kind of conspiracies or false data," a spokesperson for the site told Vice.

"Innocent, but terrible luck," disinformation researcher John Scott-Railton captioned a tweet of the Ever Given's watery, X-rated route.
That, or someone is F'n with the NAV computer. Perhaps remotely.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#1 

Question:

Was the captain/person steering the boat questioned to make sure it was not deliberate?

Because now ships will have to add 2,000 plus miles to their voyage and chance the roaring 40's.
Posted by NN2N1 2021-03-26 07:11||   2021-03-26 07:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Remote control of the NAV computer, maybe caused the ship to go sideways on the Canal? Iran, China. or 'Lone Wolf' (known to authorities)?
Posted by Bobby 2021-03-26 08:46||   2021-03-26 08:46|| Front Page Top

#3 down $1
Posted by Jumbo Pholuter9858 2021-03-26 10:44||   2021-03-26 10:44|| Front Page Top

#4 It's an extremely narrow canal for the type of giant cargo ships that traverse it these days. The wonder is that this sort of thing doesn't happen more often.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-03-26 10:45||   2021-03-26 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ True. The U.S. Navy just announced they are heading that way.
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-03-26 18:30||   2021-03-26 18:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Some Countries do play games with GPS. If I find out Iran did this...
Posted by newc 2021-03-26 18:36||   2021-03-26 18:36|| Front Page Top

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