Suez Panama Canal Issues

Discussions focus on challenges of large ships navigating the Suez and Panama canals, including blockages, size constraints, expansions, and comparisons between them.

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kortilla May 7, 2023 View on HN

The Panama and Suez canals are good candidates.

akhatri_aus Aug 14, 2017 View on HN

These ships can't use the Suez canal which can be problematic

anthropodie Sep 1, 2022 View on HN

Or maybe the water level in suez canal has depleted enough that it no longer allows smooth pass through of these giant ships.

newobj Mar 26, 2021 View on HN

maybe you shouldn't be allowed to take a ship whose length is close to 100% of the width of the canal through the canal, i dunno

mAritz May 17, 2014 View on HN

The wording of the citation makes it seem like there are vessels traveling along this canal.

foolinaround Jan 14, 2022 View on HN

these are not rivers, they are canals

jjk166 Apr 2, 2021 View on HN

Pretty tough to pass through the suez canal without going through a few nations' territorial waters

jtwaleson Mar 29, 2021 View on HN

Interesting. If I see correctly on https://www.vesselfinder.com/ there are three big ships going into the canal north to south now. Seems a bit inefficient! To speak in TCP terms, they should increase their window size!

jason_s Jan 8, 2026 View on HN

TIL about the Welland Canal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland_Canal

cyanydeez Oct 5, 2021 View on HN

easier to just strand a few chinese cargo ships in a few canals