General Chat

Hiccups, Sharron! :-D

Sorry, I missed the wrong continent, Sharron?

Edit: I don't think you meant Cape Horn but rather the Horn of Africa?

I meant the Cape of Good Hope.

One of my many ineptitudes is geography.

And there was I, thinking you meant they could sail down the horn of Africa, round the Cape of Good Hope and up the west coast of Africa. You weren't on the wrong continent at all.

I had the ship stuck in the Panama Canal for a start.

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The really really really long way round then, Sharron. :-0 ;-)

Please. Never over-estimate me.

If I am going to get it wrong , I am not going to mess about!

Australia only has three oil refineries and relies on imported fuel. The strategic supply of fuel, which is recommended to be of ninety days duration, is fifty six days, with a further nineteen days supply at sea.

The Government is trying to increase stocks by storing fuel.....in the USA :-S

If the brown stuff hits the revolving thingy, which it could well do in this region, how on earth could we use the stocks in the USA which would have to be transported by sea, even if those stocks were not commandeered by the Americans themselves?

It appears your Government is easy with the bullsh*t too, Allan! :-D

Sounds like vacinegate.

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They'd better make friends with Asia, Allan. Not so far away - Indonesia is probably the nearest if they have any.

Even If Indonesia does have supplies the Chinese will soon appropriate them with their current aggressive land claims

Just ask to borrow a cupful from your neighbours, Allan. :-D

No need. JoyLouise.

My next car will be an electric one. The only constraint on the range of the vehicle will be the length of the extension cord :-D

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She has turned and is partially refloated.

The massive container ship blocking the Suez Canal was straightened and partially refloated early today nearly a week after it ran aground on the vital shipping route and brought billions of dollars' worth of trade to a standstill.

Egyptian canal authorities said the 220,000-ton Ever Given had been turned '80 per cent in the right direction' after the stern of the vessel was shifted with 'pulling manouevres' that moved it 335ft from the shore.

Satellite data from VesselFinder early this morning showed the straightened container ship surrounded by a squadron of tugboats with its stern no longer appearing to block the entire shipping route.

But it remained unclear how long it would take to fully re-open the canal, where hundreds of ships are waiting in a massive traffic jam with £6.5billion of global trade being held up each day.

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Saw this earlier this morning, Ann, and I posted just after 7 am on the thread entitled, The Last Time.

Now for the divers to get to work - more especially because one newspaper earlier reported that it looked as though the vessel was sagging in the middle. :-0

Hoping the divers don't find any problems. Especially with the bow as there were reports that there were rocks where it stuck.

Sorry Joylouise, I didn't see that not a thread I have been reading. No problem people can read either thread,