How 1 Boat Caused a $400 Million an Hour Traffic Jam

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  • @RealLifeLore
    @RealLifeLore  3 роки тому +4717

    Comment down below what your preferred method of blocking the Suez Canal in the future would be

  • @BluesMan1234
    @BluesMan1234 3 роки тому +4849

    “All caused by one ship and 25 people on board”
    Chef in the mess hall -“what the fuck did I do!?”

    • @flyingdutchman8371
      @flyingdutchman8371 3 роки тому +116

      I think the point of that comment was to have the opposite reaction actually, like only 25 people on the ship, who pretty much didn't even contribute, and it still had drastic consequences.

    • @adrianlegendheart9297
      @adrianlegendheart9297 3 роки тому +294

      @@flyingdutchman8371 you must be fun at parties

    • @pollux_id2557
      @pollux_id2557 3 роки тому +21

      @@adrianlegendheart9297 😂wow

    • @idonttalk2768
      @idonttalk2768 3 роки тому +43

      Me in a nutshell: P U L L T H E B O A T O N T H E O P P O S I T E D I R E C T I O N

    • @shaunlevin5081
      @shaunlevin5081 3 роки тому +68

      Even though the captain was not at fault, I could imagine that he was just like, "Oh fuck, may have just lost my job."

  • @magha8517
    @magha8517 3 роки тому +4336

    When your ship was build in taiwan under a japanese company, registered in panama, having an english name, a german captain, and indian crew, carrying chinese goods from malaysia to the netherlands, and getting stuck in egypt
    Mr WorldWide

  • @jonathanjoestar__
    @jonathanjoestar__ 3 роки тому +1771

    *your graphics card has been shipped
    'oh nice lets track the order'
    *last location: Suez Canal

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 3 роки тому +899

    Suez Canal: blocked
    Cape Town: *This time for Africa*

    • @jooniesjoons4407
      @jooniesjoons4407 3 роки тому +32

      Cuz it is time for Africa waka waka*****

    • @peachierose3356
      @peachierose3356 3 роки тому +5

      omg underrated

    • @thatkidkgosi
      @thatkidkgosi 3 роки тому +2

      Haha nice comment

    • @peachierose3356
      @peachierose3356 3 роки тому +25

      @Vishnu PM you must be fun at parties :) sorry

    • @ksxx
      @ksxx 3 роки тому +9

      Tsamina mina, eh eh
      Waka waka, eh eh
      Tsamina mina zangalewa
      Anawa ah ah

  • @tennesseanproductions
    @tennesseanproductions 3 роки тому +13943

    POV: You are the ship that decided to go around africa, then 2 hours later the evergreen got free

    • @RealLifeLore
      @RealLifeLore  3 роки тому +4972

      F

    • @aurasky518
      @aurasky518 3 роки тому +272

      @@RealLifeLore ff

    • @bluecubenn
      @bluecubenn 3 роки тому +201

      @@RealLifeLore f

    • @FatherManus
      @FatherManus 3 роки тому +884

      To be fair, there are hundreds of boats still waiting to go through the canal. An official said that it's going to take weeks to get the traffic back to normal. In the meantime they are still diverting traffic.

    • @hattruck8607
      @hattruck8607 3 роки тому +52

      F

  • @scottwhitley3392
    @scottwhitley3392 3 роки тому +2584

    I’m an Engineer on a Container ship. My friends are all really interested in my job all of a sudden

    • @giovanni-cx5fb
      @giovanni-cx5fb 3 роки тому +122

      LMAO I would definitely be one of those friends

    • @irhyn2300
      @irhyn2300 3 роки тому +28

      It’s interesting man! What ships do you work on?

    • @shotguner4258
      @shotguner4258 3 роки тому +12

      They’re on drugs

    • @mkmllrc
      @mkmllrc 3 роки тому +5

      Not as Engineer yall think in Movies

    • @scottwhitley3392
      @scottwhitley3392 3 роки тому +53

      @@mkmllrc we are all chronic alcoholics to be fair

  • @benmgoldberg
    @benmgoldberg 3 роки тому +2709

    It makes me unreasonably mad that the ship says “evergreen” on the side but apparently it’s called “ever given”

    • @melissamacias3715
      @melissamacias3715 3 роки тому +61

      Ikr!!!

    • @USSCYT
      @USSCYT 3 роки тому +394

      The company is called Evergreen

    • @Stux_28
      @Stux_28 3 роки тому +15

      It’s kinda like Siam|thailand

    • @ThisNameWasntTaken
      @ThisNameWasntTaken 3 роки тому +105

      i wanted to scream at the narrator "WHY DO YOU KEEP CALLING IT THAT? WHAT AM I MISSING???" then i noticed the writing on the front....

    • @benmgoldberg
      @benmgoldberg 3 роки тому +26

      @@ThisNameWasntTaken lmaooo thank you everybody for validating me I thought I was alone on this

  • @emilycampbell6375
    @emilycampbell6375 2 роки тому +579

    ngl going over 100 years and only having to be closed 3 times? that's a pretty damn good track record, i'm surprised something like this hadn't happened sooner :p

    • @seifhazem7963
      @seifhazem7963 2 роки тому +13

      one of them was during a war too!

    • @helalatef4454
      @helalatef4454 2 роки тому +32

      The Suez Canal was closed twice One of them was in 1956 because of the tripartite British-French-Israeli aggression against Egypt and the second in 1967 because of the Israeli aggression against Egypt in the Six-Day War, then it was reopened in 1975 and has not been closed since its reopening except because of Evergevin

    • @HarshitSingh-mg7zt
      @HarshitSingh-mg7zt 2 роки тому +6

      Let's do it again🔥

    • @The-ZebraFinch-Channel
      @The-ZebraFinch-Channel 2 роки тому +1

      @@HarshitSingh-mg7zt ayo

    • @sg3428
      @sg3428 2 роки тому +5

      Other 2 times during a war, it could be because ship’s size might not have been large enough to get stuck.
      ^No idea true but, just a thought.

  • @TheGroovyGuitarDude
    @TheGroovyGuitarDude 3 роки тому +7431

    0:35 I don’t understand this Empire State Building analogy, what is the Toyota Corolla conversion??

    • @owenbatchelor6878
      @owenbatchelor6878 3 роки тому +1501

      It’s 96.1 corollas long

    • @mkiwas
      @mkiwas 3 роки тому +527

      @@owenbatchelor6878 where can I get a 0.1 corolla

    • @Rock1290T
      @Rock1290T 3 роки тому +121

      I appreciate the clarifying question. I too have no other frame of reference

    • @bolionce
      @bolionce 3 роки тому +144

      @@mkiwas just buy a civic

    • @theleftuprightatsoldierfield
      @theleftuprightatsoldierfield 3 роки тому +81

      @@mkiwas replacing 2 Corollas with Camrys would give you that extra 0.1 Corolla length

  • @sandalphoncpu
    @sandalphoncpu 3 роки тому +5156

    A moment of silence for those who just decided to take the long route around Africa

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 3 роки тому +138

      F

    • @wokeclub1844
      @wokeclub1844 3 роки тому +808

      But they did make a huge sacrifice tho.. if they hadn't gone across Africa, the delays overall would only be worse
      Huge respect infact

    • @_loois
      @_loois 3 роки тому +13

      F

    • @SanPeacefam
      @SanPeacefam 3 роки тому +83

      That might have been better if it was an exponential effect leading to more than a week's worth of waiting time to get through the canal.

    • @konkoly5183
      @konkoly5183 3 роки тому +31

      Most turned around to go through the canal as it is that much quicker.

  • @mohammedawad1853
    @mohammedawad1853 3 роки тому +648

    Ships: gets stuck
    Pirates at red sea: it’s our time to shine

    • @Maviolo.
      @Maviolo. 3 роки тому +32

      Lol do you think the Egyptian government will just stand back?

    • @rurunosep
      @rurunosep 3 роки тому +63

      Sounds like the worst time to pirate. lmao Like trying to mug someone in the middle of an idle crowd.

    • @humanman2358
      @humanman2358 3 роки тому +32

      @@rurunosep that's how movies works. Or if GTA 6 took place around Egypt

    • @the_phen0m639
      @the_phen0m639 3 роки тому +1

      @@humanman2358 lmao

    • @toastyread2008
      @toastyread2008 3 роки тому +2

      some people boutta get wooshed

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 роки тому +522

    The Ever Given:
    *The Fast and the Furious: Suez Drift*

  • @numberwhizz9768
    @numberwhizz9768 3 роки тому +4077

    We have all been waiting for this since the disaster happened.

    • @aurasky518
      @aurasky518 3 роки тому +67

      @Abe Lincoln lincoln dude stfu

    • @wafiqal4818
      @wafiqal4818 3 роки тому +9

      yess i even watched the 8 year traffic jammed video again and again

    • @savbeeing7376
      @savbeeing7376 3 роки тому +17

      @Abe Lincoln lincoln dude stfu

    • @icarus_2625
      @icarus_2625 3 роки тому +4

      Lmao what is happening

    • @stingyaviation
      @stingyaviation 3 роки тому +22

      @Abe Lincoln lincoln Get your politics somewhere else plz

  • @fernbedek6302
    @fernbedek6302 3 роки тому +863

    You know it’s a big problem when you need to have the celestial bodies in alignment to fix it.

    • @csquared4538
      @csquared4538 3 роки тому +25

      What if your dog poops on the beach, you don't have a bag to pick it up and when you come back the tide is up, so you have to wait for celestial bodies to align in order to remove the feces from everyone's play area?

    • @fernbedek6302
      @fernbedek6302 3 роки тому +37

      @@csquared4538 Then you were just being lazy, because plastic bags are generally easy to come by in less time than it takes for the tide to come in.

    • @csquared4538
      @csquared4538 3 роки тому +6

      @@fernbedek6302 touche

    • @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube
      @StopChangingUsernamesYouTube 3 роки тому +13

      @@csquared4538 Then your dog may actually be several horses.

    • @urphakeandgey6308
      @urphakeandgey6308 3 роки тому +1

      @@fernbedek6302 Please, any reasonable person would just leave because the tide hopefully washed it away.

  • @windyPlays
    @windyPlays 3 роки тому +355

    When this happened it honestly amazed me that ships are allowed to pass through channels that are more narrow than they are long. Seems like this should have been figured out a long time ago...

    • @theprocrastinationnation4802
      @theprocrastinationnation4802 3 роки тому +58

      Costs a shit ton of money to expand canals and governments like to skimp

    • @humanman2358
      @humanman2358 3 роки тому +14

      It's weird and not weird how humans are small but are capable of digging man-made canals. Take a long time though

    • @timothyavendt677
      @timothyavendt677 3 роки тому +6

      @@theprocrastinationnation4802
      They get so much cargo that i bet they could collect 10+ billion a year in tolls to fund something like that.

    • @theprocrastinationnation4802
      @theprocrastinationnation4802 3 роки тому +10

      @@timothyavendt677 It's "only" 2 billion a year roughly, but again the Egyptian government doesn't worry about it because they're lazy or have other things to worry about

    • @alimurtaza6318
      @alimurtaza6318 3 роки тому +6

      @@theprocrastinationnation4802 I mean their lands are desert they have other things to worry about
      Egypt has more desert so it has major weakness of agriculture

  • @chixenlegjo
    @chixenlegjo 3 роки тому +382

    The next guy to go through had the opportunity to do the funniest thing anyone has ever done.

  • @ihavetowait90daystochangem67
    @ihavetowait90daystochangem67 3 роки тому +1075

    I heard that both Godzilla and King Kong would stop fighting and work together to move the boat

    • @Soldier_Balls
      @Soldier_Balls 3 роки тому +14

      It was a sucess story tho the ever given got unstuck, proud of them both

    • @Ikreisrond
      @Ikreisrond 3 роки тому +6

      Actually it was the Dutch, again. If there’s a challenge considering water or ships, just call in the Dutch!

    • @NO-vd1mh
      @NO-vd1mh 3 роки тому +24

      @Abe Lincoln lincoln yeah my guy, we understand, you dislike China

    • @danarthur771
      @danarthur771 3 роки тому +1

      in my universe, mecha godzilla won the fight

    • @deanjordan6053
      @deanjordan6053 3 роки тому +8

      @Abe Lincoln lincoln :(

  • @ceasze5072
    @ceasze5072 3 роки тому +1559

    “Tried to make it through the canal, man, can’t make it, can’t make it, the shit’s stuck, out my way sun, BOAT IS STUCK, BOATS STUCK”
    -Captain’s log

    • @muscle2714
      @muscle2714 3 роки тому +53

      10/10 comment

    • @batler43
      @batler43 3 роки тому +94

      SCA: PLEASE I BEG YOU

    • @gettinmoney1203
      @gettinmoney1203 3 роки тому +8

      💀💀💀

    • @garyjohnson4657
      @garyjohnson4657 3 роки тому +8

      The Captains Log was in his pants, when realized what he had done!!! That is what is known as a Hazelton maneuver, career wise.

    • @justamanofculture12
      @justamanofculture12 3 роки тому +16

      "Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well 😌."

  • @slimmingboy2694
    @slimmingboy2694 2 роки тому +222

    I feel so bad for the captain of the ship who couldn’t do a thing on the accident and probably gets fired anyways

    • @IJustFiguredThisOut
      @IJustFiguredThisOut 2 роки тому +27

      If you heard, while in the canal, two, essentially “canal captains” go aboard. They work for the canal and go aboard ships crossing it. They tell the ships crew basically what to do in terms of navigation. It’s usually their say over the normal captain while in the canal. Anyways, they were the ones on the ship that day. I doubt the ships regular captain was fired.

    • @emilyganguly277
      @emilyganguly277 2 роки тому +4

      that man captain better pay for his mistake in full. Don't play soft ball with men. What an embarrassing captain. Men shouldn't be allowed to drive boats obviosly.

    • @larry-ny5yr
      @larry-ny5yr 2 роки тому +71

      @@emilyganguly277 okay sexist, it wasnt the captains fault, as they said the weather situation was the reason they crashed, but unfortunately you have dementia

    • @Bluey306
      @Bluey306 2 роки тому +17

      @@emilyganguly277 and you shouldn't be allowed on the internet. go touch some grass emily.

    • @larry-ny5yr
      @larry-ny5yr 2 роки тому +15

      @@Bluey306 look at emily's channel, they really are as embarrassing as we think which is pretty impressive

  • @ctsesh8876
    @ctsesh8876 2 роки тому +158

    I never realized how big those ships were until I seen the excavator next to it

    • @Leyrann
      @Leyrann 2 роки тому +24

      Just think about it, those containers are the same ones you also see on trucks on the road.

    • @ronjon7942
      @ronjon7942 Рік тому +3

      My brain still isn't processing the size of the ship. Instead, I'm making the excavator smaller, like the one I rented for some ditch digging at my house.

  • @joostvisser8537
    @joostvisser8537 3 роки тому +566

    Wait the evergiven only has a crew of 25 on a ship 400 meters long? That sounds like the perfect opportunity to play hide and seek on the ship to pass the time

    • @ricardocabeza6006
      @ricardocabeza6006 3 роки тому +62

      Most sailors prefer to play who’s in who

    • @Wolf62601
      @Wolf62601 3 роки тому +16

      @@ricardocabeza6006 what’s that

    • @Akhimed
      @Akhimed 3 роки тому +39

      @@Wolf62601 I’m guessing hiding in the containers xd

    • @deckofficer4705
      @deckofficer4705 3 роки тому +34

      Don't worry, they have no time to play, working minium 8 hours a day, every day for as long as their contract, maintain the ship, engine in their department, or preventing rust in the deck depatment. Sorry but time to play hide and seek is not a pass time on board.

    • @a.o.e7168
      @a.o.e7168 3 роки тому

      SAME

  • @MudRogue
    @MudRogue 3 роки тому +2917

    Imagine the dirty looks the Ever Given's Captain got as it passed the other ships that had been waiting.

    • @MrKfleong
      @MrKfleong 3 роки тому +103

      @Clotix gotta thanks mother nature for being the cause and helping us

    • @cutiebaliwFreedownload
      @cutiebaliwFreedownload 3 роки тому +76

      they lost total 10 billion suez canal probably earning lots of money but can't afford proper machinery to remove a ship clog have you see the crane that digging looks old and little and it's only one there response like they have no budget to operate that canal,

    • @null3319
      @null3319 3 роки тому +21

      @@cutiebaliwFreedownload the fun thing is they charge a shit ton for the passage not including the cost of "corruption" like cigarettes and other wares

    • @Toons595
      @Toons595 3 роки тому +1

      @Clotix How

    • @Toons595
      @Toons595 3 роки тому +9

      @Clotix However, the chairman of Egypt's Suez Canal Authority said Saturday, without giving details, that weather conditions "were not the main reasons" for the grounding, and that "there may have been technical or human reasons," the BBC reported. An investigation is ongoing.

  • @farepriceff
    @farepriceff 2 роки тому +52

    I can’t even imagine the captain and crew onboard the EverGiven must’ve felt 💀

  • @Ikcatcher
    @Ikcatcher 3 роки тому +55

    Imagine being the crew of the Ever Given, expecting another average day of sailing, only to suddenly cause the biggest trade block in modern history

  • @waalkzz286
    @waalkzz286 3 роки тому +766

    No joke, about half a month before that happened I had to do a presentation in school how catastrophic it would be when the Suez channel would be blocked. I based some of my facts from another video of RealLifeLore called "The 8-Yeat Long Worst Traffic Jam in History"

  • @YourPoopDealer
    @YourPoopDealer 3 роки тому +370

    1: Boats float on water
    2: Wait for the low tide and the sandstorms
    3: Cover your ship in cargo
    4: March 2021 - Suez canal "Ever given" incident

  • @arkdotexebuilds5428
    @arkdotexebuilds5428 2 роки тому +76

    I ordered a weighted blanket a few days before this happened.
    Turned out it was on that very boat 😬
    it arrived eventually but I was just surprised

    • @jackiebarfield8416
      @jackiebarfield8416 2 роки тому +30

      Then I guess it should be called a " Waited" blanket.🤔😂😂

    • @fid.firdhaus
      @fid.firdhaus 2 роки тому +1

      @@jackiebarfield8416 lmaooo bye

    • @IJustFiguredThisOut
      @IJustFiguredThisOut 2 роки тому +7

      Not calling you a liar but how would you even find that out?

    • @abirchunara7785
      @abirchunara7785 2 роки тому +5

      I wonder if it could be considered a piece of history like could you go to the museum and be like "this very blanket that I ordered from Amazon was on the ship that caused the biggest traffic jam in the world" I just wanna see the look in the peoples faces like 💀

    • @ananasbanana
      @ananasbanana Рік тому

      @@IJustFiguredThisOutIt is a blatant lie

  • @Flux-da-Foxx
    @Flux-da-Foxx 3 роки тому +19

    The captain on the Evergreen must of been like: “Everybody remember where we parked”

  • @alffanaaras7021
    @alffanaaras7021 3 роки тому +1073

    "I bet you can't do a u-turn in the suez canal"
    "Hold my beer"

    • @crispylizard8295
      @crispylizard8295 3 роки тому +51

      Hes still holding that beer to this day...

    • @franksters08
      @franksters08 3 роки тому +14

      Hold my container

    • @dustbringr
      @dustbringr 3 роки тому +2

      Lool that was good

    • @sakurakou2009
      @sakurakou2009 3 роки тому +2

      if their was not threat of zionists trying to take over seuz and past history of britisn france and israel letterly trying to invade and take sinai I think egyptians would have tried to make it bigger .. their reason why they not want it to be so big that it get out of control nationalsecurity

    • @RB-ib3mo
      @RB-ib3mo 3 роки тому

      I would love to know what exactly was going through the captain's head when he finally realised what he was after doing. I can imagine he could have built a house with the amount of bricks he was shitting.... and probably have dug a whole new canal with the hole he had managed to dig himself!!

  • @94Warv
    @94Warv 3 роки тому +1838

    Coronavirus: I've killed the worlds economy
    Ever Given: *hold my container*

  • @sr_peedonkeyhatfield1985
    @sr_peedonkeyhatfield1985 3 роки тому +35

    This is the kind of stuff people will watch like a year from now

  • @wgraham2410
    @wgraham2410 3 роки тому +61

    Props from this Chicagoan for throwing in the "Willis OR Sears tower" line. It will always be the Sears tower to us.

  • @YovanGabut
    @YovanGabut 3 роки тому +4431

    during this time..
    world's goods supply: 📉
    world's memes supply: 📈

  • @doctoberfest1487
    @doctoberfest1487 3 роки тому +872

    Evergreen's captain Tokyo Drifted a fricking contanier ship. What a legend

    • @butterflyqueen9260
      @butterflyqueen9260 3 роки тому +23

      🤣

    • @davisdf3064
      @davisdf3064 3 роки тому +45

      And then, Tokyo clipped it in the sand

    • @CarFreeSegnitz
      @CarFreeSegnitz 3 роки тому +33

      The captain wasn’t sure if he’d left his oven on and was trying to u-turn to go home and check.

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 3 роки тому +4

      @@davisdf3064 yeh clip more like it because it got stuck

    • @Animaster89
      @Animaster89 3 роки тому +2

      thats not the Tokyo drift i remember

  • @mikusklavins6418
    @mikusklavins6418 3 роки тому +49

    So that’s why my aliexpress packages took so long to arrive

  • @crimsonglory7823
    @crimsonglory7823 3 роки тому +166

    So the ship got stuck in the part of the canal without those adjacent channels, then gets blown over by a sandstorm only for tides to to free it days later. Seems to me like nature finally got bored in quarantine and decided to play a prank on the whole world.

  • @Greendude0101
    @Greendude0101 3 роки тому +1520

    Imagine being the first ship captain to go through the canal after the Evergiven got unstuck and knowing you could do the funniest thing possible

  • @ax2bxc
    @ax2bxc 3 роки тому +977

    The biggest bruh moment in modern history.

    • @bblunder
      @bblunder 3 роки тому +7

      hahahahahah true

    • @adzdrawss
      @adzdrawss 3 роки тому +2

      true thoooooo

    • @emad3952
      @emad3952 3 роки тому +2

      Bruh momento

    • @TheGuyThatsNotFunny
      @TheGuyThatsNotFunny 3 роки тому +3

      Nah WW1 was certainly a bigger bruh moment

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso 3 роки тому +2

      I thought bruh moments were bad decisions? This was just bad luck...

  • @christiansukitch3592
    @christiansukitch3592 3 роки тому +54

    "You go around the horn, like God intended"

  • @nurmuhammadnematov9661
    @nurmuhammadnematov9661 3 роки тому +6

    Your videos are really attractive and you know they really help me to improve my IELTS listening skills. I'm grateful for you 😊

  • @BonafideJas
    @BonafideJas 3 роки тому +140

    EVERGIVEN is the name of the ship.
    EVERGREEN is the name of the company. He's saying it right

    • @alexie832
      @alexie832 3 роки тому +4

      Oooooohhhhhh I get it now

    • @kartierglory
      @kartierglory 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you sir

    • @Catsrules1
      @Catsrules1 3 роки тому +2

      Do all of Evergreen's ships have Ever in them? That is a huge coincidence if it isn't.

    • @BonafideJas
      @BonafideJas 3 роки тому +4

      @@Catsrules1 yes they all have ever in them

    • @aidan404
      @aidan404 3 роки тому +2

      @@Catsrules1 mhm they all have Ever and then a word beginning with G. Some of the names are Ever Gentle and Ever Genius

  • @Petteri82
    @Petteri82 3 роки тому +2092

    Calling the Ever Given a boat is the same as calling the Empire State Building a house.

    • @Petteri82
      @Petteri82 3 роки тому +17

      @@Olsenator Me too. But I would like a boat too.

    • @RexOedipus.
      @RexOedipus. 3 роки тому +12

      Well technically if it can carry another boat in it. It's a ship

    • @clementine_awesomeness
      @clementine_awesomeness 3 роки тому +23

      A ship is still a boat no matter how big there is no maximum boat size

    • @sauce530
      @sauce530 3 роки тому +3

      What?

    • @johndo3930
      @johndo3930 3 роки тому +2

      so what ? i got a big house,

  • @Dexsting
    @Dexsting 3 роки тому +8

    Thank you for calling it the Sears tower.

  • @Zecos
    @Zecos 2 роки тому +9

    Imagine the evergiven’s guilt? *It is the guilt I have when I break a plate in a guests house*

  • @johnnyharris
    @johnnyharris 3 роки тому +2394

    Love this explanation

    • @RealLifeLore
      @RealLifeLore  3 роки тому +461

      Thanks! Big fan of your videos. Loved your Suez video too 🛳

    • @Max-fo1ig
      @Max-fo1ig 3 роки тому +18

      Oh snap

    • @bealyread
      @bealyread 3 роки тому +9

      brah

    • @SadiTonmoy
      @SadiTonmoy 3 роки тому +43

      I watched both Johnny and RLL videos back to back! Big fan of both! ❤️❤️

    • @dowdican
      @dowdican 3 роки тому +11

      Literally just got done with your video and now RLL made one.

  • @DevSarman
    @DevSarman 3 роки тому +252

    Feels like the sequel video of that 8 years traffic jam.

  • @David-nz1bz
    @David-nz1bz 3 роки тому +5

    1:02 Nice

  • @hanson6254
    @hanson6254 3 роки тому +2

    You always make it very simple to understand . Thank you.

  • @1.4142
    @1.4142 3 роки тому +635

    This will seem like just another random video in the future when we forget about this current event.

    • @jayhill2193
      @jayhill2193 3 роки тому +38

      I can see Simon Whistler do a video in a couple years: "That time one ship blocked 15% of world trade"

    • @412StepUp
      @412StepUp 3 роки тому

      Yep that’s how it goes.

    • @MolecularMachine
      @MolecularMachine 3 роки тому +8

      False. Ever Given will live on forever in my heart.

    • @irgendwer3610
      @irgendwer3610 3 роки тому +13

      Tom Scott in 2051: I am at the Suez canal in Egypt where 30 years ago a disaster happened

    • @LordVulcan93
      @LordVulcan93 3 роки тому +1

      This was not a random event or an accident. Had the ship not been intentionally grounded, you may have seen a nuclear detonation.

  • @KFordmusic
    @KFordmusic 3 роки тому +358

    The first ship after the Ever Given missed the opportunity to pull off the biggest troll in human history by getting stuck about 50 feet further down the canal

    • @krismDK
      @krismDK 3 роки тому +5

      why 50 feet?? i think i am missing something but what?

    • @Zulfarr13
      @Zulfarr13 3 роки тому +21

      @@krismDK kind of like 1 uping them I think.

    • @thisthatotherdude1128
      @thisthatotherdude1128 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, welp time to do the waiting game again

    • @simonenoli4418
      @simonenoli4418 2 роки тому

      Even if they wanted the EVERGIVEN was tugged out till amari lake and escoted by the military.

  • @teegooglycoffeemeat3280
    @teegooglycoffeemeat3280 3 роки тому +12

    It's funny how the French, Spanish and Portuguese tried to block the Suez canal to cripple that British Empire and all it takes now is a little drift

    • @grrumakemeangry
      @grrumakemeangry 3 роки тому

      true lmao

    • @TheTurboman23
      @TheTurboman23 2 роки тому

      And apparently one ten year old kid releasing his tyranitar at the wrong time

  • @joneis1
    @joneis1 3 роки тому

    Great video! Thanks for sharing. Awesome ADM and pilotage!!

  • @avrdr2067
    @avrdr2067 3 роки тому +404

    Humans: Can’t move a ship
    Mother Nature: fine, ill do it myself

  • @Ululuro
    @Ululuro Рік тому +49

    This channel always has the wildest comparison. "It's roughly the same weight as the sears tower in chicago" ah thanks mate i can totally grasp that. can you convert that into cubic football fields per fortnight for me

  • @simchadanielburstyn2137
    @simchadanielburstyn2137 3 роки тому +5

    Just one detail - the wind on March 23 was coming from the south - the same direction the ship was sailing. Otherwise, this was a great explanation.

  • @TheDeadAlewives
    @TheDeadAlewives 3 роки тому +468

    I can just imagine someone living in Europe is finally able to find a graphics card for a reasonable price, orders it annnnnd it just happens to be on the Evergiven.

    • @NareshSinghOctagon
      @NareshSinghOctagon 3 роки тому +34

      Worse still,it's the ship that came at the very start of the incident,decided to go around Afirca and was just past the cape when the Evergiven was freed.

    • @motchiman5423
      @motchiman5423 3 роки тому +1

      I saw that meme lmao😂

    • @Doofens
      @Doofens 3 роки тому +2

      you think US graphics cards are made in the US? XD

    • @TheDeadAlewives
      @TheDeadAlewives 3 роки тому +5

      @@Doofens What? No, what gave you that idea?

    • @totallynotme8153
      @totallynotme8153 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheDeadAlewives so the ships have to go through the canal to go to the usa as well.

  • @AdamSpanier
    @AdamSpanier 3 роки тому +246

    Humans: we are invincible!
    Wind: Hold my beer.
    Humans: We can fix this!
    Tide: Hold my beer.

  • @adoptbutler5224
    @adoptbutler5224 2 роки тому +3

    I actually felt the traffic itself,
    My dad was going out to buy wires and them the salesmen told that they had shortage of wires because of the suez crisis

  • @stillwaitingonmymatchwithj8765

    I was going through the Suez Canal during this event on an aircraft carrier. We jumped straight to the front of the line, but yes, there were TONS of ships waiting just outside of the canal.

  • @royxeph_arcanex
    @royxeph_arcanex 3 роки тому +103

    I live in Haifa, a port city not geographically far from Suez Canal.
    During this whole deal there was an unusually high number of vessels that could be seen at the port, and as far as I understand it some of them were probably ships heading towards the canal that just preferred to stay by our port and not depart until the traffic jam in Suez lifts.
    Definitely quite a memorable experience, never saw so many vessels in our port at the same time

    • @hypernovic5301
      @hypernovic5301 3 роки тому +3

      Take photos and try to document it,
      This is actually once in a lifetime moment.

    • @crg1376
      @crg1376 3 роки тому +3

      @@hypernovic5301 that's what you think...

    • @walleras
      @walleras 3 роки тому

      Death to the Zionist state, Hashem is one!

  • @farrellwilson5468
    @farrellwilson5468 3 роки тому +355

    Corona virus: it is a pleasure to destroy the economy with you my friend
    Ever Given: I never gonna forget this

    • @urrealdadlolololol4204
      @urrealdadlolololol4204 3 роки тому +5

      Both those events were done on purpose

    • @urrealdadlolololol4204
      @urrealdadlolololol4204 3 роки тому +4

      @@jeremyjackson7429 nobody asked for your comment either

    • @ricardocabeza6006
      @ricardocabeza6006 3 роки тому +7

      @@urrealdadlolololol4204... What style of tin foil hat do you wear?

    • @frnchfryR6
      @frnchfryR6 3 роки тому +4

      @@ricardocabeza6006 it’s not even that bizarre of a conspiracy theory

    • @a.o.e7168
      @a.o.e7168 3 роки тому +1

      Meh We already Lose Billiona Because of Natural Disasters that Happens Every Week And month

  • @Max-kp3ir
    @Max-kp3ir 3 роки тому +4

    Opra to Megan - "Where you a container ship or a contained ship

  • @Octi-ku4yf
    @Octi-ku4yf 3 роки тому +6

    Aparently an evergreen truck also caused a traffic jam in Hong Kong
    Now we just wait for Eva air to do Something random

  • @DavidJamesHenry
    @DavidJamesHenry 3 роки тому +403

    The next ship in line: I'm gonna do what's called a *pro gamer move*

    • @ricardocabeza6006
      @ricardocabeza6006 3 роки тому +29

      👇🏿 years you’ve been an incel

    • @DavidJamesHenry
      @DavidJamesHenry 3 роки тому +9

      @@neoupath8823 I mean, you don't have to.

    • @DesignByKirk
      @DesignByKirk 3 роки тому +4

      what is a "pro gamer move" in this scenario?

    • @unionmen2312
      @unionmen2312 3 роки тому +1

      Your joke is unfunny, and is practically already used. I am going to ask you to leave.

    • @Am_Yeff
      @Am_Yeff 3 роки тому +19

      Everyone: Overused jokes are bad
      Also everyone: Funny man in hazmat suit sus

  • @gmbackrank6037
    @gmbackrank6037 3 роки тому +863

    Ship: I'm stuck
    Step-ship: Here I come!

  • @1EVERTONION
    @1EVERTONION 3 роки тому +10

    If you ever have a bad day at work, just remember nothing can go as bad and costly as this

  • @kgoutdoorsolutions430
    @kgoutdoorsolutions430 Рік тому

    Reallifelore, you really did a great job on this video. Thank you for your hard work.

    • @ta1708
      @ta1708 Рік тому +1

      bruh this video was like an one of those essays i used to write in school, just adding unimportant bloatwords to fill the word quota. This video could have been 5 minutes long and give the same amount of information

  • @themusicmaker13
    @themusicmaker13 3 роки тому +646

    I bet you they'll make a movie based on this event a few years in the future

    • @palangnar3588
      @palangnar3588 3 роки тому +87

      And do you know who is going to be acting in it...Tom Hanks !!!

    • @khansahb8
      @khansahb8 3 роки тому +33

      That would be a boring movie.

    • @palangnar3588
      @palangnar3588 3 роки тому +54

      @@khansahb8... No, because Hollywood would play with the story, add to it , twist the situation around and make it good, that's what they good about !

    • @sleepyrowdy1826
      @sleepyrowdy1826 3 роки тому +17

      @@palangnar3588 captain philips flashback

    • @fouadix
      @fouadix 3 роки тому +1

      And why r u pissed huh

  • @EESHANDACH
    @EESHANDACH 3 роки тому +250

    I was waiting for this video. This was bound to happen hahaha

  • @Ayrshore
    @Ayrshore 3 роки тому +13

    I'm guessing the map you've used is Mercator? It would look like an even bigger detour if Africa was to actual scale.

    • @Chocolatnave123
      @Chocolatnave123 3 роки тому +1

      not really? look at it in google maps, its the same size

    • @fwdgd
      @fwdgd 2 роки тому +1

      anything close to the equator is more accurate than the landmasses far from it

  • @HarshitSingh-mg7zt
    @HarshitSingh-mg7zt 2 роки тому +2

    *This takes:*
    _"Step bro, I'm stuck"_
    to a whole another level 🌝

  • @KaiserMattTygore927
    @KaiserMattTygore927 3 роки тому +541

    The Ever Given incident proves we live in a dark comedy

    • @danielretardo7075
      @danielretardo7075 3 роки тому

      @@DyslexicMitochondria omg hi! I watch ur videos. Absolutely love ur channeI. Sooo underrated

    • @inigobantok1579
      @inigobantok1579 3 роки тому +5

      Why? Sure human error but I think you're overblowing this with memes and crap

    • @theluftwaffle1
      @theluftwaffle1 3 роки тому

      Love the captain or hate him, he’ll be remembered for awhile. More so then if he passed through the canal normally.

    • @DerVolman
      @DerVolman 3 роки тому

      @@inigobantok1579 true

    • @easyeden5620
      @easyeden5620 3 роки тому +8

      isn't it called the evergreen tho

  • @dark_side9
    @dark_side9 3 роки тому +523

    Lesson learnt; Ever Given has 10 siblings that could ram the bank the same way and block the waterway once again if similar error happens. Ever Golden, Ever Genius, Ever Gifted, Ever Glory, Ever Globe, Ever Goods, Ever Grade, Ever Gentle, Ever Govern, Ever Greet

    • @dcklein85
      @dcklein85 3 роки тому +158

      10 bucks on Ever Genius

    • @USSAnimeNCC-
      @USSAnimeNCC- 3 роки тому +5

      @@dcklein85 same

    • @aidenmclaughlin1076
      @aidenmclaughlin1076 3 роки тому +29

      They could’ve come up with some better names

    • @RealCadde
      @RealCadde 3 роки тому +26

      @@robertcrawshaw9978 Send them all in at the same time and ram them all into the same bank?

    • @rusuproductions7474
      @rusuproductions7474 3 роки тому +23

      Placing my bet on ever gentle... it will not be gentle when blocking trade tho

  • @mladen190
    @mladen190 3 роки тому +9

    Mom: why didnt you get all the groceries i have listed?
    Me: there was a traffic jam caused by an empire state building size ship

  • @alcidezvlog
    @alcidezvlog Рік тому

    Love how you pass information.

  • @sathyakummarapurugu4645
    @sathyakummarapurugu4645 3 роки тому +752

    Everegiven captain: actually was doing his or her job right and was stuck because of a sandstorm
    Memers: Unfortunately for you history will not see it that way.

    • @australiananarchist480
      @australiananarchist480 3 роки тому +9

      *Captain

    • @sathyakummarapurugu4645
      @sathyakummarapurugu4645 3 роки тому +3

      @@australiananarchist480 my b

    • @LnsTchTps
      @LnsTchTps 3 роки тому +1

      @@sathyakummarapurugu4645 technically they are the same thing

    • @NekRulez
      @NekRulez 3 роки тому +20

      The only winner was that one driver who's boss sent him to help dig out the boat not knowing the full scale of the situation. He and his machinery is now famous.

    • @australiananarchist480
      @australiananarchist480 3 роки тому +8

      @@LnsTchTps if I ever hear someone say "drive a ship" I will slaughter 7 children in rage. A captain sails a ship, a driver drives a car, and pilot flies a plane

  • @Dragon-vc9gt
    @Dragon-vc9gt 3 роки тому +152

    Next up on Wendover Productions “The Logistics of the Suez Canal”

  • @nemod3338
    @nemod3338 3 роки тому +3

    No matter how big ports and canals are build, shipping companies always ahead with size of their ships.

  • @user-ru1jo5rc3t
    @user-ru1jo5rc3t 3 роки тому +99

    Meanwhile in an alternate universe: After the Evergiven was free another sandstorm hit the Evergiven making it stuck again

    • @skeratix11
      @skeratix11 3 роки тому +8

      And then it becomes a paradox

    • @MM-cg9tk
      @MM-cg9tk 3 роки тому +15

      The everstuck ship

    • @jovannklasis8276
      @jovannklasis8276 3 роки тому +2

      Its evergreen

    • @user-ru1jo5rc3t
      @user-ru1jo5rc3t 3 роки тому +4

      @@jovannklasis8276 evergreen is the company, evergiven is the ship

    • @danonck
      @danonck 3 роки тому +4

      If it was still 2020 that's what would happen for sure

  • @IceDragon289
    @IceDragon289 3 роки тому +552

    So Mother Nature got the Evergiven stuck, then got it un-stuck? Guess she was bored and wanted to screw with us.

    • @sharkface129
      @sharkface129 3 роки тому +7

      @UA-cam Account literally at 0:26 in the video, you can see the ship's name on the stern. there are better ways to spend your time than wallowing in self assured ignorance, ya know.

    • @ATSucks1
      @ATSucks1 3 роки тому +2

      @@sharkface129 Evergreen is the company name that leased the ship out. It's registered as the Evergiven. Dont ask me why, I find it stupid and confusing myself.

    • @ATSucks1
      @ATSucks1 3 роки тому +3

      Acutally the ship was floated out. The tow boats couldnt do it alone so inflatwable ship floats were put under and around. Lifted the ship up the few feet needed for the tows to pull her away. The Evergiven was then told "no, you sail around Africa. No second chances through our canal"

    • @ihatemotionblur_3255
      @ihatemotionblur_3255 3 роки тому +2

      At this point, humans *are* mother nature

    • @pratikdas3194
      @pratikdas3194 3 роки тому +1

      hElp mE sTeP MoM nAtUre Im sTUck

  • @Hokuhikene
    @Hokuhikene 3 роки тому +4

    murphy's law in action is frikin hilarious to watch🤣

  • @TheJewishSnowboader
    @TheJewishSnowboader Рік тому +1

    Hello real life lore, i love your videos

  • @masterimbecile
    @masterimbecile 3 роки тому +95

    It's like the world economy literally having a heart attack.

  • @joseluisfernandez6592
    @joseluisfernandez6592 3 роки тому +573

    Evergreen: Finally I'm free and now I can go to Netherlands
    Spain and Morocco: shit, Evergreen is going to block strait of Gibraltar

    • @collinchan6000
      @collinchan6000 3 роки тому +34

      Nah, strait of Gibraltar is 1.3km which is too wide for it to get stuck

    • @lonniebailey4989
      @lonniebailey4989 3 роки тому +32

      But Gibraltar is owned by the British. Wouldn’t that make it a British and Moroccan problem?
      I’m only joking, so don’t whooosh me.

    • @joseluisfernandez6592
      @joseluisfernandez6592 3 роки тому +57

      @@collinchan6000Strait of Gibraltar is 14km wide, and it was a joke

    • @joseluisfernandez6592
      @joseluisfernandez6592 3 роки тому +8

      @@lonniebailey4989 Gibraltar doesn't have territoral waters, so UK doesn't has the opportunity to decide nothing, only Morocco and Spain

    • @streetvulture8263
      @streetvulture8263 3 роки тому +1

      Germany?

  • @blutadlerx
    @blutadlerx 3 роки тому +23

    German news pranked me on April 1st, that it got stuck again. I laughed my ass of 😂😂

  • @llamajammies5801
    @llamajammies5801 3 роки тому +1

    In case anyone else was wondering too:
    Ever Given (IMO 9811000) is one of 13 container ships built to the Imabari 20000 design developed by Imabari Shipbuilding, 11 of which have been chartered by Evergreen Marine with names starting with Ever G-.

  • @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978
    @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978 3 роки тому +256

    If the captain of Evergreen used skillshare he wouldn't get stuck.

    • @jakebeaudry3888
      @jakebeaudry3888 3 роки тому +24

      You can take control of a ship yourself if you play World of Warships.

    • @DyslexicMitochondria
      @DyslexicMitochondria 3 роки тому +24

      He didnt play enough raid shadow legends

    • @dr.floridaman4805
      @dr.floridaman4805 3 роки тому +10

      Autopilot?
      Hacked?
      Yes.
      Evergiven drew a dick in the sea right before crashing.

    • @finallychangedmyname3614
      @finallychangedmyname3614 3 роки тому +19

      If the suez canal used nord vpn it wouldn't have a ship invading it

    • @jakebeaudry3888
      @jakebeaudry3888 3 роки тому +1

      @@dr.floridaman4805 such a Florida Man lol.

  • @waddupjd
    @waddupjd 3 роки тому +495

    Evergiven: "I'm stuck step ship!"

  • @mumr4268
    @mumr4268 3 роки тому

    You are great...I totally understood this news story!!!!!

  • @Anonymous-lv1jm
    @Anonymous-lv1jm 3 роки тому

    It’s amazing how fast we can get documentaries nowadays

  • @xduniolaki6894
    @xduniolaki6894 3 роки тому +578

    "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong" - Murphy's law

    • @MrScrawnjuan
      @MrScrawnjuan 3 роки тому +21

      "What it means is whatever can happen, will happen"

    • @elsebas3167
      @elsebas3167 3 роки тому +7

      Murphy’s law never meant something BAD will happen

    • @arafat8591
      @arafat8591 3 роки тому +6

      I will get inside a black hole..to find if you are right😌

    • @reality5195
      @reality5195 3 роки тому

      stop talking about that show no one cares

    • @scotandiamapping4549
      @scotandiamapping4549 3 роки тому

      Man I wish that guy was around during the Darien

  • @ajrobbins368
    @ajrobbins368 3 роки тому +302

    2:12 Can we just stop to appreciate how efficient ships have become?
    Just 10 days to travel thousands of miles.

    • @funky555
      @funky555 3 роки тому +3

      planes

    • @panda4247
      @panda4247 3 роки тому +51

      Planes are faster. Ships are much much more efficient (operating cost per kilometer per kg of cargo)

    • @standby7563
      @standby7563 3 роки тому +15

      @@panda4247 theres a reason that shipping companies don’t just use planes for everything though.

    • @panda4247
      @panda4247 3 роки тому +19

      @@standby7563 I know. I just stated it. they are cheaper to operate (per kilogram of cargo)

    • @asmylia9880
      @asmylia9880 3 роки тому +3

      Freight trains be like:
      Are we jokes to you?

  • @Ceece20
    @Ceece20 3 роки тому +2

    Oh thank you for actually calling it the Sears tower.

  • @nortonhatfield7312
    @nortonhatfield7312 2 роки тому +2

    I am surprised that they couldn't take the ship out of the canal with a boat trailer and haul by road to the Mediterranean sea.

  • @dylanatkinson9605
    @dylanatkinson9605 3 роки тому +465

    Humanity: *trying to free the Evergiven*
    Mother Nature: “Fine, I’ll do it myself.”

    • @thegamemaster2000
      @thegamemaster2000 3 роки тому +29

      Humanity: GOOD, BECAUSE YOU STARTED THIS!!

    • @marielcarey4288
      @marielcarey4288 3 роки тому +12

      @@thegamemaster2000
      Mother Nature: _frees Cargo Ship_ "Ugh. Nobody helps in this world."

    • @MrKfleong
      @MrKfleong 3 роки тому +6

      @@thegamemaster2000 mother nature: is sending a one metal machine gonna help?

    • @r3dpowel796
      @r3dpowel796 3 роки тому +2

      Mother nature made it stuck

    • @sigmanerd8553
      @sigmanerd8553 3 роки тому +4

      Ya mother nature was also the same thing that got them stuck in the first place lol

  • @IRAQIWILDMAN1
    @IRAQIWILDMAN1 3 роки тому +226

    Ever Given is the name of the ship. Evergreen is the company that leases this ship.

    • @filipe2338
      @filipe2338 3 роки тому +22

      Thanks for clarifying. I've been seeing both names been used interchangeably

    • @jeremylawson9380
      @jeremylawson9380 3 роки тому +4

      ohhh ok...i was about to say something lol

    • @eyrissy
      @eyrissy 3 роки тому

      Yeah, it a pet peeve of mine when people confuse it

    • @joeblogs9362
      @joeblogs9362 3 роки тому

      Look at europe to the size of africa and its flooded with migrants look what is happening to europe

    • @eltiburon7626
      @eltiburon7626 3 роки тому

      @@joeblogs9362 que?

  • @jasonglebe3235
    @jasonglebe3235 3 роки тому +4

    Rumor has it the crew of the Ever Given was listening to "Gas Gas Gas" when they started drifting.

  • @miedzianytv8987
    @miedzianytv8987 3 роки тому +8

    Well, I guess we'll have to find another way to India 🎵

  • @Windows11Pro22
    @Windows11Pro22 3 роки тому +156

    Ship: *gets stuck*
    Memers: **i can milk you**