The Inside Story of the Ship That Broke Global Trade
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- The six-day stranding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal last March did something incredibly rare: it made regular people care about shipping, the means by which more than 80% of the world’s goods are transported. It took only one wrong turn for the container ship to bring a critical trading artery to a standstill. This is how a $1 billion worth of cargo got stuck, freed and impounded as the courts took over.
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“Titanically important problem.”
I like this guy.
Went straight to the comments after that pun he forced. whatta guy.
Came here to check whether exactly this comment had been left a second after I heard it, was not disappointed
"Titanic" is important.... until you need to use them as a scapegoat.
Bad Captain, Bad crew,.... bad politics/lobbyist
*edit-
when did _integrity_ die?
- it was unstuckable.
@@shpu460 More like: How recently was integrity invented?
While not a captain or vessel operator, I've had constipation before so I can relate to this horrible situation.
Lolol didn't see it that way but I too can relate.
Did you have a local pilot giving bad advice about how to proceed?
This is the most underrated comment on CZcams. And I just brought it up to 69 likes. This is my greatest accomplishment on CZcams.
Pretty stinking comment
You should write a book about this "situation". So many people can relate to your ordeal.
As a captain who crossed that waterways many times can honestly say there is a very thin line between safe passage and disasters like this one. If the canal authority puts a legal force that forbids the passage of huge vessels at certain wind force will be relaxing for the captains and pilots but companies will not accept it due to excessive waiting time. Can you blame the captain ? can you blame pilots ? The industry demands swift transaction but nobody takes the responsibility. This is the problem only captains face with. If you decide to wait , company will ask why are you waiting when others proceed. Many others may proceed without problems but one mistake is enough for a disaster. You can not justify yourself unless it is proven by an accident.
Yet disarters like this almost never happen! However thin that line is!
@@adamevert1618 it happens more often than you hear about. This was a big one which effected global economy but there are many shipping accidents happening but nobody knows untill it is covered by the media
CHINA IS A FASCIST TOTALITARIAN REGIME WE SHOULD ALL BAN CHINESE CITIZENS UNTIL THE INNER PRESSURE IS SO HIGH THAT THEY START TO RE INFORCE DEMOCRATIC STUCTURES !
! STOP ADVERTISING AND PURCHASING CHINESE PRODUCTS
Spot on! being a tanker master I couldn't agree more as. I would add cigarettes and gifts pilots pester captains so much that the balance of bridge team is thrown out of balance. It's an open secret, reason it's called Marlboro canal.
But then you and others take that route because the alternative is far worse, the outer skirts in the pirate-infested open sea!
Having transited the Suez Canal around 20 times between 1982 and 2005 I can declare that there is no single ‘pilot’ in the canal who leaves a ship without ‘ a gift’. These so called pilots consider themselves supermen. Every captain is glad when he has passed the canal without to much trouble. I am sure every experienced master is more able to pass the canal with his crew than with this corrupt pilots.
It's corrupted country my friend, since Military ruled Egypt, It made Egyptians below poverty line, hence they're trying to get money from foreigners.
Also they wont let you pass if the business man are not allowed onboard
Maybe it time you'll all got together make ton of videos and expose them
On the other hand here in Singapore (where I'm from), it's a Chinese (not sure about other races) custom for a bereaved family to give red packets (envelopes with cash inside) to funeral directors after a funeral, to thank them for their service, but they ended up being investigated by our government for bribery
Its the way of life in Egypt.
"No gifts" I was in the Navy, we traveled through the Suez at least 10 times. All pilots asked for cigarettes, ships ballcaps. We had to setup coffee, muffins - pretty much all sorts of treats. Even saw and heard the driver on the tug screaming: "Gimme Hat". And throughout entire canal voyage there quite a "few" pilots that board the ship.
@@RumblesBettr they deserve a smack so give them it
Keyword.... "Navy"
Why didn't they just ask for a cash tip?
Hats and muffins are hardly worthwhile bribes.
The Suez Canal pilots are regular beggars, asking mostly for cigarettes, but not one carton, they are very displeased if they only get one carton, the worst part is that no matter how many cartons you give them they continue to hassle the captain for more. I know because I have gone thru the canal many times as ship´s captain; in one occasion I was actually force to take myself to the opposite side of the bridge in order for the pilot to leave me alone. The Egyptians are notoriously avers to admitting fault, so it is not estrange that they deny reports of the shameful behaviour of their pilots, but every captain that has transited the canal knows all too well it is very true.
CHINA IS A FASCIST TOTALITARIAN REGIME WE SHOULD ALL BAN CHINESE CITIZENS UNTIL THE INNER PRESSURE IS SO HIGH THAT THEY START TO RE INFORCE DEMOCRATIC STUCTURES !
! STOP ADVERTISING AND PURCHASING CHINESE PRODUCTS
all of shipping is eighter begging or giving
“For about a week, the whole world was riveted by shipping.” That was a genius use of words.
Evergreen is the company, and like Evergreen Aviation, they are fronts for or work with a government agency. Think Air America.
@@SK-xn1pv we know 😂
Well, modern ships are welded, not riveted :)
still does not beat the most famous headline "headless body found in topless bar"
@@tompchromedome I need to write this down. Sadly the creator of this headline passed in 2015 at the age of 74. Thank you for bringing attention to this amazing headline.
Been through the canal many times as a ships officer. Reports of pilot demanding bottles , gifts etc are entirely true.
Is it true that the Egyptian authorities require 2 electricians on board at the same time as the pilot?
@@moonlandingagain3228 not sure about 2 , but I remember 1 to control the lamp.
Hence the term "backsheesh"
that is the reason why this is called "Marlboro Country"
@@steveobrien4141what?? To control what lamp?
I'm a vessel operator, and most of random people i meet are very surprised of the work we do. People think goods just magically appear on stores :D
Very true. Most people are unaware of there surroundings. Are uninterested in how things happen and work. A lot of people have blinders on.
Thanks you little magic man
I'm a CE, a ship's chief engineer, and I can tell that you are the rudest man among our small and most humble maritime community, to call people you've met over the years - "random". U r random, wee man. You are. Vessel's operator me arse.. More like useless operator to me.
No man is "random". No man. U better learn that now, but most definitely should've learned it at school. And why noadays such people feel the desperate need to educate others..
@@richardpchaseii5084 40 years of maritime fleet exp? Pilot is not who takes responsibility, master/captain is one and only one who's in charge of the vessel, and its movements. And takes full responsibility for the crew, ship, company, authorities and himself. And a master is one who gives all the crucial orders as well, especially while a pilot onboard, while mooring operations, strict waters passing etc. A pilot = a local charts advisor. He simply gives to a master some advices and the latest makes final decisions, whether to follow them or not is completely up to a master..
Ever Green, Ever Given, Ever Grande, I’m noticing a pattern and I don’t like it.
it literally says Evergreen on the boat
Next is ever grande
@@Grogyster The company name is Ever Green but the ship's name is Ever Given, which is also on the boat too. You can see it at 2:34 and other times.
@@Grogyster 3:10 is the perfect place that shows the ship name as Ever Given
@@Grogyster That joke was never funny.
This underscores how dangerous just in time delivery is. As companies divested themselves of large warehousing systems we have eliminated the saftey margine of supply reserve in our economies .
You work for 40yrs to have $1M in your
retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10K in a meme coin from just few months ago and now they are multimillionaires.....
You are right, to be a successful person in life require him or her of hard work and time
The thing about been successful is working toward it and not going the other way round
@betsyschwartz5575I totally agree with you it has been an eye-opening experience for a lot of people.
Investment is the key to achieving success with the current pandemic slowing down so many businesses aww
Talking about been successful. I know I am blessed if not I wouldn't have met someone is as spectacular as Stacy Griffin
The ship that gave us another month’s worth of memes.
You should make some inflation memes.
The stonks market rose 1000% that day
There is 69 likes
Sooooo, there are recordings of “professional” pilots arguing and giving commands right before the crash, but the seasoned captain is to blame? Egyptiansare so corrupt the judges have no shame.
The pilots don't steer the ship and at the end of the day, the captain makes all the choices. They clearly said that the pilots just advise the captain. 4:56 & 5:18
Was my comment deleted or what? I pointed out to an error on Bloomberg's part - the Suez canal pilots DO take over the helmsman of the ship.
I had posted a huge, informative text and it's gone... 🤷
Edit: the post is still missing, but I was indeed wrong and Bloomberg is right. I looked up the Suez canal authority rules and it states the pilots don't take over the helm. I heard that story from older pilots, who were maritime officers before, and there's a chance a) it was like that before, but it changed, or b) they were simply wrong.
@@whateverrandomnumber no they don't.
@@johnmonrow9981 i thought pilots have control of the ship and the captain follows their orders tbh
@@Planet_Xplorer why are there two pilots on duty?
I never really thought about the possibility of the reactive force after dislodging the front. I can only imagine how large those four cables were
Thank you Bloomberg, and the two gentlemen commentating. Very informative, and enlightening, without any of the usual “razzmatazz” of the in view media! Best wishes from Cornwall, UK.👍
Evergreen is the Taiwanese shipping company that chartered the ship from a Japanese shipowner. MV Ever Given is the name of the vessel. The ship’s name is painted at her bow (front) and aft (back), while the company’s name is emblazoned on her sides.
And?
I literally went straight to the comments for an explanation as to why the guy kep saying Evergiven.
Thank you.
@@Omen6 there's always a vessel and voyage name with different schedule. normally started with shipping company's name.
Thanks for that.
thanks... I was really confused..😅
Great report about the Evergreen. Now let's talk about the Evergrande.
Evergrande is not news though, their debt issue has been there since 2017. Also, it’s not gonna be a Lehman Brothers level incident.
Evergreen and Evergrande will it be the same story will it collapse the world economy?
Don’t put ur money anything that has suffix _Ever_
..not forgetting the Ever Given ..as noted in both documentary & description
@@InfiniteEchos Just remind them 3pst1en didn't su1c1d3
Its mind boggling how this ship floats
Math - buoyant force = weight of displaced fluid.
You will understand it if you have a Eureka moment!
Not exactly the "inside story" I was hoping for😕
Agreed. This claims to have investigated and to be revealing the causes, but the only information shown was a factual recounting of the events; the only new item is the suggestion that the two pilots were shouting and had a disagreement over something. When the REAL investigative report is made public, I'd be interested to hear about it; but this was not it.
@@rogerstone3068 you said it all.
that sounds great, people in charge of driving the largest moving object every created by humans through a tiny canal that dont speak the same language. what could go wrong!
It's almost unbelievable. Could they not afford hiring English speaking pilots or educating the pilots they already have? Maybe not such a huge investment, considering the billions of dollars lost each day because of the foul up ...
@@bjarnejakhelln-semb73 Egypt is a third world, flaming garbage dump of a country, with no desire other than money, to become a part of the civilized world economy.
@@bjarnejakhelln-semb73 that is why they needed $900.000.000 - to English educate those couple pilots
And demanding bribing of cigarettes, from a billion-dollar operation... sad face...
This is also why the costa Concordia crashed, killing 30 people.
10:53 when you listen to the music and think that this story is going to remain...unsolved.
Ikr
I expected Ryan to start narrating.
Glad I wasn’t the only one
Unsolved bec company is working for Illuminati
This kind of journalism is so missed in the modern world. This is what matters
Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance wealth, a great career, purpose is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life........
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Stacy Griffin successful stories are everywhere, all over the place
I work in the Merchant Navy and we here have an alternative name for suez canal. We call it the Marlboro Canal. 😂
They just don’t want too admit pilots are asking for gifts
Careful...you'll upset "Me Me" Above.... Simply refuses to believe the rest of the world!
The reason the shipping company didn't want to drag this out any further is because they still rely on Suez Canal Authorities for their business, and wanted to settle this as quickly as possible.
asking for 900 million? the suez canal pilot should give wrong instruction as often as possible,
it's the easiest way to makes money, and you can blame the ship captain afterward.
Profiting from someone misfortune probably is the best way to make money from their perspective
Not really they wanted to save those 25 incompetent indian crews "A.." .. & get the israfel canal going by permanently put Suez canal out of service.
@@jensenraylight8011 the suez canal pilot, unlike what this video says, he haves no AUTHORITY over the ship, he just " ADVICES" the Pilot in navigation
@@planerunner4020 they didn’t say that he has authority
@@wholelottaanime2408 then the video is proving my point, either the captain was reckless and unaware of what the crew were doing, or it was really the wind …
It's called "Marlboro Canal" by seafarers for a reason, it's funny they deny that the pilots asked for gifts when it is widely known by most seafarers, they usually ask for a minimum of 25 rims of marlboro cigarrettes when transiting
yes and same for Panama Canal, "Whisky Canal".
It seems that for the strict Islamists of this nation...Infidels are fair game.
This is a super unique once in a lifetime event. And yet, in the same year, there was a global pandemic shutting down factories and shipping, fires at factories in asia causing electronic backlogs, and now electricity shortages in china causing steel and chip shortages. It's a perfect storm.
These are just a few things happening. Imagine the consequence if there is a world war and everything shuts down?
@@dougerrohmer thats one positive of global economy ww3 comes with a huge economic burden that would cause almost every economy to collapse so there alot to lose and incentive for peace
@@azargelin That's assuming that sane leaders weigh the pro's and con's. There are insane leaders around, not to mention incompetent overpromoted military functionaries with access to red buttons.
@@dougerrohmer yes i keep wondering about how the world keeps spinning around, how close was it all to end and the shear amount of dam luck. Its crazy to me
@@azargelin I keep thinking about the Russian colonel (I think?) who refused to launch the ordered retaliatory strike when their radars mistook a flock of birds for inbound ICBM's.
That pesky Bernoulli's principle, always popping up when you least expect it.
I see you are a suffering engineer as well , nice to meet you bro. Are you Mechanical by the way?
In shallow water it also sucks the ship deeper into the water increasing the risk of grounding as happened to the QE2 in the entrance to NY.
Aren't hydraulic principles awesome? All those calculations and there's still a bit of guess work involved.
Mechanical engineer from UK here.
@@renegadevestige1639 Civil. I build targets.
I call BS on the theory that the bernoulli effect could be large enough to contribute to this failure. Sure, it is a quadratic relationship to speed, but the ship was operating in a storm and the wind load, erratic as it is, should have a much larger and chaotic effect than the gradual change in pressure differential between the two sides of the ship, due to increasing the speed. The bernoulli equation is not even relevant in most practical flows, and I would be very sceptical that it holds up in the canal under these conditions.
M E, I am addressing you. As a shipmaster you can take it from me that the Suez canal staff are still as demanding, borderline corrupt today as they were in 2007 when a pilot threatened to halt my passage if I did not provide the 'gift(s) to the value he thought fit. "its part of my salary as a pilot" he stated. He boasted that he had stopped a Greek vessel (in Great bitter Lake) two days previously costing it $60,000. In my case, the pilot didn't receive what he demanded but both I and my ship had our cards marked.
I would have literally thrown him in the water, and demanded a different pilot. Video it all
Secretly recording conversations seems to be a perfect solution...ive thought about this for over 30seconds now & i cant see any holes in the solution
@@lovefist208 what would that achieve. its not like they have an uncorrupt justice system
@@hanzen5174 I'm sure the judges would be asking for a carton of cigarettes and a bottle of plonk "if you wan't a satisfactory ruling in your favour.....".
It's part of his salary, after all!
I agree with you captain.only mariners who pass that canal knows what is realy happening in that canal..suez canal is full of pilot beggars
Splendid documentary. Thank You for well spent 20 minutes on CZcams. Thats so rare these days!
As a 34 foot boat owner I've learned how hard it to do fine course adjustments in any side or quartering winds. Handling that ship in those conditions must have been incredibly hard. The windage is ginormous on those things.
Vaughan, Obviously the opposite is true: thousands of ships manage to drive through there routinely every year without having this problem.
Can I assume your boat did not have two 2,500 kilowatt bow thruster?
boats dont have feet they have a hull body only
Wow you're really tall!
Someone told me that a light breeze can put as much steering influence into the ship as it’s own propellers?
I working at seaport. When this happened, it really affected sea trade for several weeks. Asia and Europe delayed their delivery. So many customer complained about it that we have to handle during that time.
Meh any excuse with you guys. Bet you milked it for all it's worth! Blaming the EverGiven while you played sellotape tennis and ordered curries, sunbathing and slacking off ... as usual.
CHINA IS A FASCIST TOTALITARIAN REGIME WE SHOULD ALL BAN CHINESE CITIZENS UNTIL THE INNER PRESSURE IS SO HIGH THAT THEY START TO RE INFORCE DEMOCRATIC STUCTURES !
! STOP ADVERTISING AND PURCHASING CHINESE PRODUCTS
AVOID CHINESE BUSINESS !
@@TheVanillatech who hurt you...
Thank you for this video it really helped me understand what happened to the Evergiven - I had not heard a comprehensive report since the issue was resolved
@James Shook Evergreen is the company, and like Evergreen Aviation, they are fronts for or work with a government agency. Think Air America.
What comprehensive report?
@@user-zq1nz7qv7o understandable report
@@user-zq1nz7qv7o Agreed. Big promise at the beginning, but then no color, no background, just repeating what corrupt govt agencies were stating.
Great video and explanation. Has the Ever Given now fully returned to service and has it used the Suez Canal since. Many thanks. 🙋♂️🇬🇧
True, true. Several times though the Suez Canal, normally we would take between 4 to 6 pilots, each taking home carton of cigarettes and bottle of whisky , courtesy of the shipping company.
I'm so excited for the Internet Historian to cover this.
Yeah! 😬
Ah yes, but he still needs to cover Cyberpunk's situation
@@zneb9498 Hopefully if he waits long enough it can be a redemption story like the one he did on No Man's Sky.
sadly, he only makes one video every year 😅
Hopefully he'll live long enough to cover Star Citizen.
Yap, that sounds about right. They do ask for cartons of cigs. I was one lowly sailor who's in charge of giving them cigs away. They even bring along 3 or 4 people with them on board, claiming to be electricians and assistants, and demand to have cabins to stay in for the duration of the crossing. Then after they are settled in the cabins, they lay down their wares and trinkets for sale to the crew in the mess hall or the alleyways, from shirts to fake watches. I miss those days.
I remember in late December 2020 , we were in Algeria , Arzew. I am a deck cadet. The captain told me to being 50 cartons of cigs for the pilots and others as you said claiming to be cargo operators, electricians e.t.c. 50!!! I was shocked. Then they demanded to go to the galley to take all sorts of products viable for the ship's crew.
Sounds like something that would happen in Ye olden days
Fake watches with name brands or fake watches that don't even run very long?
it doesnt even matter thesedays. watches are just for looks, need the time just pull out you phone, chances are they on it every 10mins anyway
"We seem to have a problem with our bloody ships!" The pilots always have responsibilty when they are in charge. Egyptian Authority was liable, but Evergreen needed their ship back, and they still need the canal. That was extortion. I'm sure there have been consequences for Egypt.
Exactly- Egyptian takes control, Egyptian causes problem, and then subsequently demands money saying it's everyone else's fault! If that isn't blatant corruption I don't know what is!
I’m astonished at the amount of money that ships are charged to use the canal, You . Would imagine they would make sure the pilots learned at least the language commonly used on the bridge ,,
Kind of a fluff piece of journalism. Nice video and audio editing. Nice graphics. But very shallow.
Very shallow! I study logistics and it was absurd to me that journalists talk like some experts. They should’ve asked some real professionals for this interview.
Every sailor including myself knows that no ships has ever crossed through suez canal without getting cigarette bribe. On one instance they even asked for frozen chicken from the ships galley. Not only Egyptian but whole african continent is to blame for this
This is wonderfully made and cleared a lot of my doubts on this issue.
But you won't be told that the ships guidance computer could have easily have been hacked.
In aviation, generally the common language if in doubt is usually English. When you said the pilots generally spoke Arabic, thus compounding the communication issues, I was very surprised. Interesting video.
"It's OUR canal, so use OUR language" is a statement I've read in comments.
For everyone who is asking why are they saying Ever Given whereas it's written Evergreen on the sides. It's because the name of the ship is Ever Given and Evergreen is the name of the company that owns the ship
Close; Evergreen (a Taiwanese charter company) is the operator. It is owned by Shoei Kisen Kaisha, a Japanese company. But you can understand why people would be confused if they do not understand the maritime world.
I don't understand lol it says Evergreen on the side and all of the news articles in the UK reported as the evergreen
Amazing! This gentleman was clear & I understood all that he said!!
the only thing i take away from all that was that canals should be twice as wide as the cargo ships are long 🤣
your shovel is in the mail Happy Hands
Great video, thank you. I ran global logistics for a company and was glued to the Suez Canal and my vessel tracking software during the what became known as the Arab Spring, due to fears my cargo might have to be re-routed. So I fully appreciate the scale and magnitude of this incident.
Is it true that you, as end client, must pay additional cost if something happens to your cargo.
LONG before this happened
you can find youtube videos on
Pilots in Suez Canals
and
their infamous "professional behaviour"
Absolutely glad I watched this one both very informative and enlightening. Brilliant report. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The market is volatile at this time, hence i will suggest you get yourself a financial-advisor that can provide you with entry and exit points on the shares/ETF you focus on
Having money doesnt mean you are wealthy and possessing wealth does not always mean you have money. wealth comes in many forms, sometimes that
form is money, but often wealth can be in the form of property, like land, rental property, automobiles, tools, abundance of health, food, time, and freedom, and a lack of debt just to name a few.
I dont work for money, I am not motivated by it, but I exchange my time and talents for it. but building relationships with poeple that can do things that I cant, or know people that I dont can be put in the asset column of my overall wealth.
your skills and knowledge are also assets in your wealth comlumn so is your attitude and work ethic, or lack of bad habit and irrationality
Even country effect another country now they have to way two ways to solve that.
one increase their profits in export and after that
80% of people not work with them because they increase price of export finale price increase, at time nobody wants to increase their sales price it's will decrease there sale.
Second decrease there profit little bit try get more sales in local// international business because price is lower than buyer like to buy more and because of that they will get 20% to 30% more profit. And this solve their 40% problem but all companies who create that problem at list pay 70% of loan amount and then they need to build houses for people who bought from them. And then complete their other house as sales.
This problem will be solved in 12 month without any problem. Every problem has solution but you need work on
Do you sell high and buy low? Or do you hold? I need tips.
Warren is an inspiration for many investors, but the times of opportunity are different today than they were back then.
However, the principle of compounding remains the same. Money typically only starts compounding into big numbers, when big numbers are added to the formula as a basis. Compounding your way up to $100 starting with $1.00 without contributions may take a while.
However inputs of experience, both positive and negative can sometimes yield numbers far greater and faster, than contributions to the currency itself.
Also the compounding of time can result in a number of byproducts, reputation growth where people want to trade with you, or the reverse.
Your body also, live on a steady diet of cigarettes and hard liquor, and your Ferrari is ready for the scrap heap by the time you're 30.
Anyway what Warren was able to achieve is incredible, however I'm sure there was a ton that built his and others fortune that isn't typically mentioned other than those ready to hand over their money.
Please can you leave the info of your investment advisor here? I'm in dire need for one
Excellent news job,clearly understood ,great detail.
The moment that ship enters the canal it is under the direction of Egyptians Authorities. The shipping line couldn't be hold liable for the damage. The shipping line is a client of the Authorities.
Exactly !
That's not how shipping works anywhere in the world EXCEPT in the Panama Canal Locks, and only in the locks.
I traveled through the Suez Canal at least 20 times, and 60% of the pilots are useless except for begging for gifts.
I can't agree.
The captain, who speaks for the shipowner, is the only one with responsibility; the pilot serves merely as his or her advisor.
In other words, the captain's actions have the same legal weight as those taken by the shipowner or firm.
It is the captain's fault in this specific instance.
That big loaded ship already had a minimum of bottom clearance, so he should first wait for better weather.
He had to decline the pilot's request to increase the speed because higher speeds cause the ship's stern to sink further and steering to become more challenging.
It appears that the captain or pilots were unable to maneuver the ship in the severe wind. Human errors due to lack of experience always cause panic, which results in disaster.
The captain, who always agrees with company directives, was excellent until something went wrong, just like what happened with the Costa Concordia.
@@stjepkomamic7916 Those two massive 2,500 kilowatt bow thrusters was enough to keep that tall ship straight.
THE ACCIDENT WAS A PURE SABOTAGE INNITIATED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO TEST OUT ECONOMICAL EFFECTS ! ITS A PRE TEST TO FUTURE SABOTAGE ACTIONS WORLDWIDE WHEN THEY ATTACK TAIWAN _ GLOBAL ATTACK ! WHY ARE WESTERN PAPERS _ BLOOMBERG SO SHY TO CALL CHINA A TOTALITARIAN REGIME WITH A FASCIST IDEA COPIED FROM GERMANY ? WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK IT OUT ?
I have been on vessels for very brief period & watched some documentaries on Nat Geo / Discovery.
I was amazed by the sheer complexities each and every crew have to face in the course of their duty. BTW if you happen to see real storm & imagine getting lost in a "vast SEA" then only a sane mind can appreciate the people working on vessels.
Have been "caught" in several "storms" while in a canoe !
Multiply that several magnitudes to compare such a big ship !
Waves Higher than the canoe is long;
You paddle like crazy, to surf those waves; IF you can't surf those waves, you are pulled under (to never emerge)
-- -Only direction, is the direction of those waves.
Never mind the rain, and hail.
Don"t even consider possibility of lightning.
Your only goal, is to surf those waves !
CHINA IS A FASCIST TOTALITARIAN REGIME WE SHOULD ALL BAN CHINESE CITIZENS UNTIL THE INNER PRESSURE IS SO HIGH THAT THEY START TO RE INFORCE DEMOCRATIC STUCTURES !
! STOP ADVERTISING AND PURCHASING CHINESE PRODUCTS
This was a great piece of reportage. It helped my understanding.
I was a deck cadet on a merchant vessel in 2010. It was always fun to steer the ship....except for when it wasn't...
Well the Egyptians certainly seem like wonderful, moral custodians of the canal. Not corrupt in the slightest!
I did laugh over those comments and just said to myself Masri will always be Masri!!
Worked with them (and other arabs) for over 30 years -- they are well known for their, lets say honest behaviour!
No surprises for me there.
Jawas being Jawas
Nothing new
@@Man_from_UNCLE well i guess not all, its the same with other nationalities some do this and that
while some dont do
several times i try to give a tip to a offficer at the electric company main office and some governamental offices here in Egypt
but the man says no, im just happy to help you
well yeah some do ask for a tip verbally but some dont accept
I have seen the Evergiven before. A couple of years go I read an news article saying we had one of the top 50 worlds largest ships in the world docked in Seattle. We apparently have two berths of our currently seven active slots that are large enough for these mega ships.
You mean an Evergreen ship. The Ever Given was never on a West Coast route.
Now they have the biggest container ship in the world the ever ace
indeed the list of largest 100 ships is filled with very new ships,and panama canal (and panamax , the size constraint imposed by panama canal) has increased in size, so the latest ships can be larger ...
@@gtr9s523 not anymore, the Ever Alot is bigger.
@@isilder But the increased Panama Canal is also too narrow for the last generation of container ships.
The locks are 55 meters wide, while the ships are around 60 meters wide.
Maybe they should bring some massive water tankers to flood the area, the water might float it out.
There is a lot more to this story than what’s discussed here in my opinion.
THE ACCIDENT WAS A PURE SABOTAGE INNITIATED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO TEST OUT ECONOMICAL EFFECTS ! ITS A PRE TEST TO FUTURE SABOTAGE ACTIONS WORLDWIDE WHEN THEY ATTACK TAIWAN _ GLOBAL ATTACK ! WHY ARE WESTERN PAPERS _ BLOOMBERG SO SHY TO CALL CHINA A TOTALITARIAN REGIME WITH A FASCIST IDEA COPIED FROM GERMANY ? WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK IT OUT ?
Why does half of the on-site footage look like a documentary covering an incident from the early 2000’s? Lol.
Even the most basic smartphones have better cameras than that.
Picture was taken by a fixed home phone...
Heavilly zoomed in they arent so great
@@blincx1 Rotary dial or push-button?
@@davkrod bakerlite turn handle
@@davkrod one way or the other, it’s definitely corded
Pilots asking for cigarettes is very common all over the world except US & some parts of europe.. in my 12 yr experience at sea. I was in transit through suez in 2020 ,the pilot was gifted a bag loads of vessel provision which included things like biscuits..coffee..oil..noodles..etc..etc
Corruption is very common everywhere except US and Europe, you meant to say
@@m2heavyindustries378 very less in US & europe
Corruption is everywhere. Maybe be less so in the US and Europe than other parts of the world, because the more strict implementation of the law, not so much about the integrity/morals of the people there.
Some ports in Italy are comparable to suez in terms of cigarettes bribes. Naples is a prime example.
@@iDm0Nd the law is a mirror of the values of the people. so is their politicians
Why everything has to be a story for you? a huge ship got stuck and unstuck in a couple of days. It caused a major hindrance, but it stops there. There is no back/hidden story there.
Pilots demanding gifts from the ships in an obvious act of extortion: “ay pass me a cig”
They’re hamming it up it has nothing to do with the incident
Ship Management giving Government employees Marlboros or similaris the norm rather than the exception
It's called corruption, the scale does not matter. I live in the least corrupt country in the world. We don't want to live this way.
Suez canal authority is a joke.
By personal experience, on an average you need to keep following number of cigarettes aside for Suez passage
5 cartons for the boarding agent,
2 for suez canal inspector,
3 for suez canal quarantine,
2 for suez crew and suez electrician,
2 for harbour pilot,
3 for first canal pilot,
3 for second canal pilot.
Beware that those are the minimum numbers that will upset the pilot as he expects more and start a drama in order to get more cigarettes, some kg of cheese, some liters of milk and olive oil.
In 10 years of passing the Suez Canal only recently one young suez canal inspector refused gifts. That gives hopes for the future.
Should throw the rest over the bluidy side. And I mean from the bridge and drop their baksheesh cans of paint and gallons of olive oil on top of them.
Even in the nineties the sues canal was known as the Marlboro canal. Give the wrong cigarettes and you would find yourself at the back of the line.
Yes Red only, Johnny Walker of the correct color a well, and ice cream, But American ships were always out of ice cream by then, I witnessed from the early eighties well into the nineties. Suez canal light operator, his electrician, and every other person who boarded for the transit wanted their carton and bottle. Cost of doing business, another form of cumshaw or backsheesh.
@@adiamondforever7890 Same in the 70's.
It’s just bad luck this most important of shipping lanes, happens to go through such a corrupt and incompetent country. But thank you for such a fascinating and explicit documentary.
*Suez* 🤦♀️😵💫
That's utter nonsense
My father is a retired captain in merchant navy. I've been through the Suez Canal twice with him. It might be better now but back then the whole administration, pilots and the workers there were rife with corruption and incompetence. Asking for cigarettes, liquor or to see sports cars in the hold (it was a RO/RO ship). Official "health inspectors" would come aboard and if they weren't bribed they could very well say that the ship was infected and unsafe and had to be quarantined which would cost the the shipping line millions. In addition, there were mandatory workers who were brought aboard but the did nothing but sell knick knacks and steal everything that wasn't bolted to the hull.
two pilots fighting on the bridge ...
who hold the world's economy in their hands ...
AND I thought disaster movie scripts were _ridiculous_ . *this* is just over the top.
THE ACCIDENT WAS A PURE SABOTAGE INNITIATED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO TEST OUT ECONOMICAL EFFECTS ! ITS A PRE TEST TO FUTURE SABOTAGE ACTIONS WORLDWIDE WHEN THEY ATTACK TAIWAN _ GLOBAL ATTACK ! WHY ARE WESTERN PAPERS _ BLOOMBERG SO SHY TO CALL CHINA A TOTALITARIAN REGIME WITH A FASCIST IDEA COPIED FROM GERMANY ? WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK IT OUT ?
So this is why my IKEA bookshelf hasn’t arrived yet in Hong Kong.
that happened a long time ago mate
You have to get pilots who get a shipload of money, then they don’t do their job let a ship run on ground, and after they recover it they want a salvage reward 😂🤦🏻♂️
I can't even imagine how corrupt Egypt officials really are.
Evergreen is the company, and like Evergreen Aviation, they are fronts for or work with a government agency. Think Air America.
Correct.
Not Pilots but rather Pirates
You are jumping to a lot of conclusions there. Do you really know how much Suez Canal pilots are paid? Was it really the pilots at fault here? Nothing in this video gives us answers, or significant evidence.
I remember surfing near Tel Aviv and it was very windy that day.
Not a constant wind, but just sudden gusts.
Phenomenal piece. Really enjoyed this!
Hello Brady, how are you doing?
The fact that the SCA denied historic(?) allegations about its employees demanding gifts renders anything else they say not worth listening to, but it gave me a great laugh, so thanks for that.
And you gave me a great laugh so making claims with no evidence.
Wake up me me , ..!
time for your baby bottle.
@@Planet_Xplorer - No Evidence? Check the Recorders then on Each and Every ship that passes through the Suez and has these "Pilots" on board!
We will soon see if it's just a "Random Thing" (Once a Month) or a Routine thing (once or twice, a Day, or more)!
@@robertweekley5926 Yeah? Then why don't you post a video on CZcams supporting your claim??!
I'm Egyptian, and unfortunately you are right , some asking for gifts or packs of cigarette, i know these things myself
Very interesting, thank you
A very informative video clip, having transited the Suez Canal atleast 40 times as Master( Captain) I can honestly say that we used to dread dealing with the greedy and several times unprofessional pilots, whose 1st question on boarding was how many cigarette cartons they would get, piloting directly proportional to the amount. The SCA officials who board for clearing were no less, hopefully this incident will bring about some much needed change!
If passage requires $500 of Cigarettes, give them Cigarettes and carry on. What's $500 when your Cargo is worth 250 Million Dollars?
As a person that has spent considerable time in this part of the world I have zero doubt the pilots were clowns. I'm always surprised that life even survives in this part of the world.
I think it's amazing if the SCA doesn't require any English skills of their pilots, in the global world of shipping English is the leading language by far.
Because it's politically incorrect to require people to all be on the same page. Everybody must be special snowflakes. Will there anybody likes to admit it or not this surf situation is a result of that sort of thinking.
In the aviation world English is required. Some foreign dialects or accents are so thick radio communication is difficult.
@@jasoncarto Sigh... Why do you people show up in every discussion? Clearly this is not the case because, as others have pointed out, English is the universal language of aviation. Here the issue is more likely that all of the pilots are from one country, unlike aviation where plane pilots from everywhere have to talk to ground crew from everywhere. If anything I'd imagine it has more to do with nationalism than political correctness. This is our canal, speak our language.
@@deanroddey2881 This is the world. Speak the world's international language.
It doesn't matter that "all of the pilots are from one country". They are there to give orders and advice to the ship's helmsman -- and it's unlikely the helmsmen speak Arabic.
Do you really think it FEASIBLE for every ship to have an Arabic translator????
Oh, and by the way "our Canal"; the French built it. Britain seized it as a prize of war with the French (Napoleon Bonaparte) who had previously conquered Egypt. British ran it fine with no problems, made many improvements. Egypt seized the canal from British during Egyptian independence. So, twice a prize of war. Doesn't make it your baby.
@@veramae4098 I wasn't saying it was the CORRECT thing to do, I was just pointing out that the 'everyone is a special snowflake' stupidity that gets thrown out in every conversation by Fox News acolytes is likely absolutely nothing to do with the situation.
Whatever happened in the past, it belongs to Egypt now. Yes, they should adapt to the norms of the shipping industry the canal serves, but the fact that they don't has nothing to do with political correctness. If anything it probably has more to do with the conservative standpoint of nationalism.
and shipping cost now already going up 1000% from normal rates
that is due to corona virus and container shortage, not because of this
I disagree. Rates will
Go up to cover all the claims that will
Be filed.
it is because of both and many other factors.
What a brilliant video BLOOMBERG NEWS .
This is why it's so important to develope The Northern Sea Route and Nothwest Passage.That will allow much bigger ships and save thousand of miles and time.That's why those routes will be part of one belt one road.
Should I be suspicious of any company that starts with Ever?
Yea, I am already curious how Everlast will manage to f*ck up the Economy.
The company the owns the ship is called Evergreen Marine and many of their ships have names starting with "Ever"-
No...be suspicious of Egyptian corruption and bad pilots!
Evergrande? Haha
Yes...
Evergreen,
Evergrande,
Evergate
Lol, pilots don't "ask for gifts like cigarettes", it's tradition in the maritime industry to give gifts to pilots who help you steer your ship through a waterway.
How do I know? My dad is a Puget Sound Pilot who neither drinks nor smokes, yet who owns about 30 cartons of cigarettes and an entire liquor cabinet full of gifts given by ship captains. It's an insult to not accept them.
So he didn't expect anything. Nor is he Egyptian.
Jesse how many times have you made the suez transit?
@@BeeRich33 your point? The maritime industry and its traditions which were built over thousands of years are the same the whole world around.
Try to gift ONLY 2 cigarettes cartons to a suez canal pilot and see their reaction...
THAT SHOUT MIGHT BE
"JOHN B. NO 1!" heard from the radio. Haha
Excellent and Informational!
Before the ship start her transit to Canal, Authorities for inward clearance board the ship and they were the first to ask for gifts. When transit start, Electrician, Boatman and First Pilot board the vessel, they also asked for gifts. Second Pilot and Third Pilot also asked for gifts. Gifts include Cigarettes, Groceries, Things and Money if found some expired book or chart. Also, Suez Canal has the expensive AVCS Permit about $25 for 3 months and required paper charts even you are already Full Ecdis. I told to myself, they feed their family by working unfairly.
THE ACCIDENT WAS A PURE SABOTAGE INNITIATED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO TEST OUT ECONOMICAL EFFECTS ! ITS A PRE TEST TO FUTURE SABOTAGE ACTIONS WORLDWIDE WHEN THEY ATTACK TAIWAN _ GLOBAL ATTACK ! WHY ARE WESTERN PAPERS _ BLOOMBERG SO SHY TO CALL CHINA A TOTALITARIAN REGIME WITH A FASCIST IDEA COPIED FROM GERMANY ? WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK IT OUT ?
Pilots do not steer the ship in the Canal, the only place I have seen this is in the Thames.
They merely tell the helmsman what to do.
@@veramae4098 They are there to advise, and it's the responsibility of the ship's captain to decide his best course of action.
Great reporting, well done all concerned
People that haven't seen one just have no clue how big those ships are.
First time I saw one, I was on my way to service part of the LNG fuel system. I drove alongside it on the quay and it seemed to go on forever, it was absolutely enormous. When I drove inside it, it was like an enormous, multi storey warehouse
The problem was simple, it's been known to give(bribe) cigarettes(and other things) to canal pilots. But new policy of the company who owns the ship prohibited this practice, so the pilots didn't do their job properly....
How much is a pack of cigarettes worth ?! You call that a bribe?! Silly argument actually
@@vinithamin2007 how could a single person carry 200 packs alone? Of course that's a false acquisition ... Also a typical transit may reach 12 to 14 hours, so no problem for them to sleep while waiting their turn to pass in the great bitter lake ...
@@MichelNabil Call it a backpack full of cigarettes, then you would understand.
@@Avantime how much is a backpack full of cigarettes worth ? 20$ ?
Does not matter if the Capitan is at the other end of the ship jerking off. He is the final and authority on everything. You can advise him and help. But at the end of the day everything is on his shoulders.
Az soon as I heard "Bloomberg" I thought they were going to blame it on an "error", 3 and a half minutes in I knew that they would name "error" as the cause!
Great piece, thanks.
Great investigative journalism
Oh, per usual I went on a tangent. But for anyone curious just how important but fragile these routes are, look them up. Check out the ones that run from her near Asia, then look into what the military is up to with their island building down there. Why do they feel they need such a huge military presence in an area where nothing happens except for giant shipping barges floating by?
11:50 that meme on Indian courts had me rolling in laughter
Powerful eyes
More like 11:53, anyways you have eyes of eagle, dayum
I love when a journalist "thinks" it's not difficult to steer a ship of that size through the canal.
This was so informative
its insane how fragile global wealth is when 12% of the worlds trade is dependent on a small excavator and on moon phases
THE ACCIDENT WAS A PURE SABOTAGE INNITIATED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT TO TEST OUT ECONOMICAL EFFECTS ! ITS A PRE TEST TO FUTURE SABOTAGE ACTIONS WORLDWIDE WHEN THEY ATTACK TAIWAN _ GLOBAL ATTACK ! WHY ARE WESTERN PAPERS _ BLOOMBERG SO SHY TO CALL CHINA A TOTALITARIAN REGIME WITH A FASCIST IDEA COPIED FROM GERMANY ? WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO SPEAK IT OUT ?
As someone who has been to egypt more than once...I can say for 100% that the gift part is true.
All from snacks to JBL speakers
This is called "bakshish" by the authorities
bakshish literally means gift in arabic...
@@Nirbhav21 yeah..this isnt much of a gift when being asked for it, and then having trouble for not giving it.
Agree. It is commonplace. You show respect by giving little and you get cooperation in return. Don't overlook tips if you are in Egypt.
@@Nirbhav21 The word is actually Persian to be more precise ;)
@@mdeyab ohh,
amazing production
The delay while being stuck in the canal would not be as long as the wait off shore at whatever port it was going to.