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    When the bow of the colossal Ever Given container ship plowed into the bank of the Suez Canal on March 23, 2021, international supply chains ground to a halt. What went wrong?

    Follow the dramatic efforts to free the ship and the investigation into one of the most expensive shipping disasters ever. Maritime experts analyze other recent accidents and try to figure out how such devastating crashes could be prevented.

    (Premieres Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 9 PM ET.)

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    3. manatee2500 on

      Baffling frankly. No interview with a classification society, a naval architect, an insurer, the IMO, or any shipowner’s association. So many missing elements.

    8. Charles Meine on

      "Operator Error" is what they (instructors) always told us when I learned to operate heavy equipment and semis. If you don't have a knack for a certain skill, (like driving boats) you never will. So I'm a carpenter.

    9. Vidalion on

      “El Faro wreck Captain saying “I was in waves like this all the time in Alaska.” That kind of show-boating is so dangerous. Plus, when the Captain finally called for help, he initially reached some main answering service trying to direct his call, and kept sticking to nautical jargon (something like “I have a 15 degree list in level 4 conditions and need to speak to a certified officer!” instead of just saying “I have 33 people on a ship in a severe storm, and we may sink.”

    13. Lg Star on

      Because they are loaded with CHINESE FENTANYL and MIDDLE EAST HEROIN and THIS IS FACTUAL NOT THE BS COWARDLY BLAMING MEXICO RACIST MEDIA AND GOVERNMENT!

    16. Bobb Grimley on

      Following the 6 Day War in 1967, the Suez Canal was closed for EIGHT years.
      So when this documentary tries to build drama and claim world wide economies will collapse because of a stuck boat, they're full of crap.

      Learn… And don't let NOVA/PBS lie to us.

    18. Vera Mae on

      👎 Nova is also avoiding another factor embaressing to Egypt.
      They finally called a company that specializes in ship disasters, Smit Salvage, a Dutch company. Smit Salvage then headed the entire operation. Not Suez Canal Authorities, oh, legally, yes. Factually, no.

      English is the international language of commerce. Egypt refuses to require its pilots to learn English. "It's our canal," they sniff. "We use our language."

      My, my Nova is really editing the facts to avoid offending the Egyptians.

    20. Vera Mae on

      "What caused the accident is" NOT "a mystery."

      Many ships have reported extremely poor work and behavior by Egyptian pilots. They eat "everything on the menu" as one officer reported, demand cigarettes and whiskey and other gifts, sleep, watch porn on their phones, lose control.

      Egypt, however, is desperate to not admit this. One can only hope that behind the scenes they are making drastic improvements.

    22. big bob 169 on

      They made the ships too big to handle safely. Someone failed," Driving big ships 101". Someone left off the bow and stern thrusters.

    24. ronkirk50 on

      I was a engineer aboard a 30,000 ton, 650 ft bulk ship before I retired 15 years ago and we had a close call during one of our Suez passages. Fortunately, we were at the south end in the Gulf of Suez and out of the constricted portion of the canal when we lost electrical power (and rudder control) while switching from the diesel generators to the shaft driven generator (it didn't sync properly). Before we grounded, we were able to quickly restart the generators and the captain regained directional control. Whee, close call.

    28. Ed Shelden on

      I watch the show as it was aired on PBS TV. I think the producers missed an opportunity. The ever given ship blocked the Suez Canal. The most Expensive salvage job however took place in Saint Simons sound Georgia. The MV Golden Ray crashed & rolled over. The salvage took over two years and I’m not sure it’s completed yet.

    29. Jae Dae on

      Hmm. First china made virus, which messed up our economy. Then this china owned ship blocked the canal, which also messed things up. Now this whole baby formula thing. And not to mention china and Russias little pow wow in Ukraine.
      Starting to see a trend here? Has the baby formula crisis been explained yet?

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