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mixmax on March 24, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

All ships of this size have a number of large ballast tanks that they use to pump seawater in and out to compensate for placement of cargo.

My guess would be that they've emptied the ballast tanks in the end that has run aground and filled them in the other end to rise the keel.

testfoobar on March 24, 2021 [–]

That makes sense. I wonder though how much difference ballast rebalancing can make on this fully loaded ship.

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