Sorry, but this idea is silly. Look at Israel's only city on the southern coast - Eilat. There is no infrastructure there that can handle even a fraction of the Suez Canal traffic. I see one dock with a large container crane, and what looks like several smaller cranes nearby, and no rail lines. If the Israelis manufactured this event to force shipping over land, then they are woefully unprepared to deal with it.
theyre creating an economic and political mandate to initiate the process, there are many other infrastructural projects that would be halted or reprioritized because of this
Nah, not buying it. It takes 10-12 hours to sail through the Suez canal under normal circumstances. It takes DAYS to unload a large container vessel, meaning it would then take DAYS to load another ship on the other side, not to mention the labor cost for each operation. It's absolutely not worth unloading a ship if you can sail to your destination. If they block the Suez canal permanently, sure, then its faster than sailing around Africa, but there's too much money in shipping to ever allow that to happen. An occasional blockage won't be enough. And I still maintain that Israel's southern coast can't possibly handle any significant amount of container traffic. The coast is very small, rugged, and there isn't much room for traffic by Eilat.
Almost like it was planned.
What does Israel have to gain by blocking the Suez though? Block shipments to Turkey, Syria and Lebannon?
Shekels. They can now supply transport over their railroads. The ultimate middleman.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just sail around Africa?
Sorry, but this idea is silly. Look at Israel's only city on the southern coast - Eilat. There is no infrastructure there that can handle even a fraction of the Suez Canal traffic. I see one dock with a large container crane, and what looks like several smaller cranes nearby, and no rail lines. If the Israelis manufactured this event to force shipping over land, then they are woefully unprepared to deal with it.
theyre creating an economic and political mandate to initiate the process, there are many other infrastructural projects that would be halted or reprioritized because of this
Nah, not buying it. It takes 10-12 hours to sail through the Suez canal under normal circumstances. It takes DAYS to unload a large container vessel, meaning it would then take DAYS to load another ship on the other side, not to mention the labor cost for each operation. It's absolutely not worth unloading a ship if you can sail to your destination. If they block the Suez canal permanently, sure, then its faster than sailing around Africa, but there's too much money in shipping to ever allow that to happen. An occasional blockage won't be enough. And I still maintain that Israel's southern coast can't possibly handle any significant amount of container traffic. The coast is very small, rugged, and there isn't much room for traffic by Eilat.
Baby steps.
You're talking out of your ass. Try again.
Will just sit back and watch.