Here’s How You Can Experience the Entire Suez Canal Crisis

Giant cargo ships and freighters had been stuck on the ever-busy Suez Canal for almost six days now, but trade has resumed after the Japanese mega-ship successfully dislodged from its sandy banks, thus ending the crisis that had stranded almost 10 percent of the global trade.

While traffic along the trade artery of the Suez is slowly resuming movement, an exciting simulator has been developed that allows users, and gamers, in particular, to experience the high-stress and complicated flow of the busy trade route.

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Navigating through the Suez Canal is a nerve-wracking feat that requires highly professional piloting skills.

Things can get a little tipsy with the steering while traversing along the narrow banks of the busy canal because the ship wobbles quite easily, so the control keys have to be used more carefully and frequently.

Eventually, it becomes noticeable that the ‘winds’ grow stronger as the mega-ship tries to hit the banks. When that happens, it can be observed how a single ship had blocked the entire Suez Canal for six days in real life.

The simulation shows ‘Collision’ after the ship hits the banks, but the point to be noted here is how difficult it is in real-time for full-time mariners to navigate the canal’s narrow waterworks.

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Apart from how the simulation functions, it is surprising to see that such incidents are infrequent despite the typical level of traffic in the Suez Canal where 100-strong container vessels and hulking cruise ships normally pass through regardless of a pandemic.