fuckyeahnaturalphilosophy:

tam–lin:

fuckyeahnaturalphilosophy:

systlin:

afloweroutofstone:

persephinae:

Y’ALL THE WAIT TO FIX THE SUEZ CANAL IS SO LONG THAT EVERYONE IS JUST GOING THE FUCK AROUND THE ENTIRE CONTINENT OF AFRICA AGAIN

A ton of people in Cape Town are about to get unexpectedly rich

OH MY GOD THEY DID IT IT HAPPENED WE’RE BACK TO 1700′S SHIPPING ROUTES FOLKS

🎶You’d wish to God you’d ne’er been born🎵

Sorry folks, but that’s regular traffic. Ships haven’t started to make u-turns yet, and if they had, they wouldn’t be anywhere near the Cape at this point:

[ID: Commodity analysts Kpler said in a statement Thursday: “As delays continue, shippers will have to broach the unpalatable decision of whether to make a u-turn and head for the Cape of Good Hope or wait it out in the Red Sea and Mediterranean.“Currently, taking such a route is “unlikely,” Kpler said, given the extensive delays that would cause. Giving a sample route, the company said: “Suez to Amsterdam at 12 knots is just over 13 days via the canal, or 41 days via the Cape.” /ID]

Ahh, thank you for the good solid facts! Ships fandom is a wise and well-informed fandom.