Video: Suez Canal: Why is freeing the stranded ship so complicated? – Some incompetance?

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[This is quite a fascinating story, with the problem on the one hand of mega-ships moving vast masses of goods, while on the other hand the Egyptians seem to be totally out of their depth with regard to trying to get this ship out and they need to be careful that they do not actually break this ship in the middle. Among the issues here, is the issue of the vast amount of goods moving between Europe and Asia. I am wondering if there will be yet another little "racial" aspect to this event. Jan]

Here’s an interesting short video about the problems:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT1QbgENcOM

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