The erudite readers of tugster know Evergreen doesn’t have a single vessel, the one that caused some anxiety in Suez recently. In fact, the fleet comprises about 200 ships, of different sizes or classes. The L and F classes currently call in the sixth boro. The teu capacity for the F class is just over 12000. In other words, the vessel that departed the sixth boro this morning holds 8000 fewer containers than Ever Given, coming in over 20000 teu. Another way of visualizing it is this: add all the containers of this F class boat AND all from an L class vessel . . . and you’ll have one Ever G class. And consider this, an Evergreen A class is on the drawing board . . . coming in between 22k and 23k containers!
Enough alphabetizing . . . Ever Faith is currently on its way to Baltimore.
All photos, WVD, who had a hard time coming indoors today to download these photos and post.
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March 30, 2021 at 2:40 pm
ws
Nice shot of eastbound Ever Faith, & ConocoPhillips wet scrubber behind her..
Ever Given’s 20,000 teu’s were like a sail..I’m sure they’re asking how could this happen..
March 30, 2021 at 4:08 pm
Robin Denny
Suez blockage.
For several years I have watched as Cruise and Container ships grow ever larger and ever higher, wondering about the effect of the windage.
Cruise ships may have the luxury of bow thrusters and multiple propellers but not so Ever Given and her ilk. They are built to go strait ahead as quickly and cheaply as possible. (Keeps tugs busy).
Suez has virtually no cross wind protection. Was it wise to allow them access to the very narrow canal ?
Corinth canal is even narrower but the cliffs each side are often higher than the ship.
Interesting to note that according to the President of Egypt the refloating was solely the achievement of the Egyptian work force.
As our shipyard was fitting out and launching the sailing clipper “Cutty Sark” in 1869 for the Cape of Good Hope route to China our main interest was on building four iron steamers, two of which were destined to use the Suez Canal short cut.
April 1, 2021 at 1:41 pm
tugster
Hi Robin- Good to hear your historical insights. In case you missed it, here’s the reaction of an Egyptian American: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/stuck-boat-egyptians-response.amp
March 31, 2021 at 11:27 am
Daniel J Meeter
Will, I wonder if we have any big ocean-going tugs in our US fleet, like ALP Guard and Carlo Magno?
March 31, 2021 at 1:15 pm
tugster
Hi Dan– Maybe someone else can provide a better answer, but here’s mine. ALP Guard’s 24000 hp generates 285 mt of bollard pull. ECO has a tug in Alaska called Commander whose 12000+ hp generates 150 mt of bollard pull. I believe she is the largest and most powerful assist tug in the US registry. Crosby, Crowley, and Foss also have powerful boats. https://www.professionalmariner.com/edison-chouest-damen-team-up-for-worlds-most-powerful-asd-tugboats/