The strange route that the ship blocking the Suez Canal has drawn has raised suspicions about the seriousness of its crew

Since Tuesday, maritime traffic through the Suez Canal is completely stopped after the giant container ship Ever Given will be blocked on the waterway, one of the busiest in the world.

Now it has come to light that the ship’s trip was more bumpy than I thought: An image began circulating on social networks that would have shown how it never gave had “made” a path similar to a penis on his curious journey before entering the canal.

The weird twists and turns he made before heading to Suez sparked all kinds of speculation about the crew’s seriousness and professionalism, as well as a host of memes.

Image is from video created by vessel traffic service provider VesselFinder.com. The video shows the movements of Ever Given as it waited for its turn to enter the Suez Canal.

While some social media users questioned the veracity of the image, believing it to be just a gross joke, a spokesperson for Vesselfinder.com confirmed in the middle Vice that the road was genuine. “There is no room for some kind of conspiracy or false data”, said the spokesperson.

Another map from the vessel tracking website Myshiptracking.com it also shows the route of the ship.

The way is “Innocent, but very unhappy”commented the fact checker John Scott-Raitlon, the first to go viral, and Twitter.

On the other hand, while the path may look like a rough drawing of a penis, no evidence that the ship’s crew willfully “shot” it.

during, dozens of ships wait at both ends of the canal and in the waiting area in the middle of the canal.

The Suez Canal Authority, which has deployed several tugs since Wednesday morning to try to unload the vessel, said “13 ships of the northern convoy (coming from the Mediterranean Sea) (…) are held up in the waiting areas.”

The incident of Already Given, a vessel weighing over 220,000 tonnes bound for Rotterdam from Asia, is causing significant delays in deliveries of petroleum and other commercial products. The blockade caused crude prices to rise.

Experts cite strong winds as one of the causes of the incident on this 60-meter-high vessel. The SCA also speaks of a Sandstorm, a common occurrence in Egypt at this time.

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