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		Evil_Saint on March 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is that ship still stuck? In an emergency situation like this: could they not use helicopters to lift containers off of the ship and just stack them next to the canal until they've freed the ship? Seems pretty quick to setup and do assuming there are helicopters that can move that weight.

t90fan on March 26, 2021 [–]

Containers are 2 (20ft) or 4 (40ft) tonnes (roughly) unloaded.

And they can (if I remember right) contain 20 tonnes or so, of cargo.

Our current chinooks can handle 10 tonnes, and the old models could carry 4, if I recall.

And probably less in desert heat.

So helicopters will not be moving any containers

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