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  1. The wind was NOT solely responsible for the Ever Given grounding itself. The ship was traveling faster than it was allowed to, not smart given the conditions. (The ship’s last known speed was 13.5 knots at 7:28 a.m., 12 minutes before the grounding, according to Bloomberg data. The canal's speed limit is 7.6 knots) >"Egypt's Suez Canal Authority chief said on Saturday (Mar 27) that strong wind was not the main reason for the grounding of the MV Ever Given cargo ship in the waterway. "Strong winds and weather factors were not the main reasons for the ship's grounding, there may have been technical or human errors," Osama Rabie said at a press conference in Suez."< As it was pushed toward the western bank of the canal the ship was turned starboard too much and too quickly, Bernoulli came onto the scene through the 'bank effect' which caused the rear of the ship to be sucked toward the port side and increased the turn. The wind was an aggravating factor in the error of those piloting the ship.
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