Ship stranded in Suez Canal shifts, but not before spawning some choice tech memes

The ship that’s blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week has shifted.

That Ever Given moved in the early hours of Monday, Egyptian time, seems certain as footage from the scene has emerged.

Sunup in the #Suez & things indeed look different.

Video of the #EVERGIVEN's new, less meme-worthy position.pic.twitter.com/qK6dOod7AF

— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) March 29, 2021

Moment that Egyptian crew managed to free Vessel. Captain of crew breathing a sigh of relief, giving 👍🏽 and a “Hamdullah” (Thank goodness).

Over 300 ships 🚢 are jammed in #Suez Canal since Ever Given blocked the passage connecting Asia to Europe & US pic.twitter.com/VThiofqmwd

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) March 29, 2021

At the time of writing, ship-spotting site Vesselfinder depicted the Ever Given’s stern as in the centre of the canal.

The Ever Given on Vesselfinder.
05:15AM GMT, March 29th.
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But it is not yet known whether the ship is ready to move, and therefore allow other traffic to use the Suez Canal and allow global trade to resume at normal speed.

While we wait for that news, feel free to spend some time gazing at amusing memes the ship has spawned. Techie pranksters have, thankfully, managed to move on from Docker gags and container quips.

i have no idea who made this version of the evergiven meme but i am delighted 😂 pic.twitter.com/OSJHssSXRp

— Nich L (@nichlib) March 27, 2021

The ship also lent itself to a Java joke.

it's funny because it's true pic.twitter.com/iOahqWGZGA

— Kenn White (@kennwhite) March 27, 2021

And who doesn't love a joke about the complexity of managing clouds?

#TGIF #EVERGIVEN pic.twitter.com/snNem1Ta10

— Loves Cloud (@loves_cloud) March 26, 2021

Of course there were also Kubernetes and container gags.

#kubernetes gettin' in on the #EverGiven memes.
Source: Reddit.https://t.co/5wXJUfYuBt pic.twitter.com/hxfpPM0eyn

— Peter Corless 🌎☮ 💛🍦 (@PeterCorless) March 25, 2021

Your @Docker containers in #Kubernetes pods affected by #Airflow. #EverGiven image via @imgflip pic.twitter.com/toXt79iy14

— 0×4a6f4672 (@jofr) March 26, 2021

Other memes nod to the fact that the Ever Given may have replaced the "Distracted Boyfriend" meme as the world's visual metaphor of choice.

Hopefully forever.

#SuezBlocked #SuezCanal #SuezCrisis #Suez #Evergreen #EverGiven #Egypt #RedSea #Mediterranean #Stuck #Memes pic.twitter.com/kEH00fztkX

— Jimi Woollard (@BritVoxUS) March 28, 2021

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