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DaveRo BS: A man, a plan, a canal, panic (52* d) RE: BS: A man, a plan, a canal, panic 27 Mar 21

Donuel wrote: Pod Props are best way to go but are expensive.
They don't fit azimuth thrusters - pods - to big cargo ships. The biggest are about 20MW, whereas the Ever Given has an 60MW diesel, plus two 2.5MW bow thrusters. These ships spend most of the time going in a straight line and in port are normally manouvered by tugs. Azipods are great for cruise ships which have to get in and out of small ports.

It's amazing that the Canal Company hasn't foreseen this could happen - indeed I'm surprised that it hasn't happened before. I'd expect such a huge ship to be accompanied by a tug fore and aft to keep it straight - for example if it lost steerage way.

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