On: Suez Canal blocked briefly as container ship runs ...

[lindenstark]

when put into perspective that is pretty frequent, ~0.02% chance per ship.

[lavoiems → lindenstark]

Put differently, we had an average of 7.5 incidents per year in the last decade.

[lindenstark → lavoiems]

ya, I wonder what the risk is of getting stuck long term like earlier this year. According to the wikipedia page it looks like it has only happened a few times in history.

[gonational → lindenstark]

Given that MV Ever Given drew a penis and balls outside the canal[1] before entering, I suspect there is a chance the jam was not an accident.

1. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_605c2e44c5b67ad3871c9afe