[JxLS-cpgbe0]

Why wouldn't it be more cost-effective or unreasonable to destroy the ship?

[clarkmoody]

Problems with destroying the ship:

- A sunken super container ship in the canal, rather than a floating one. Removing the wreckage would be at least an order of magnitude more work than floating the thing away.

- Thousands of containers floating / sunk in the canal. How much damage can one of those do to the propeller of a ship?

[JxLS-cpgbe0]

Thank you, I know it's a dumb question. Wondering about the cost/effectiveness of demolition of the ship vs the daily costs of having the canal blocked. I thought it might be like using explosives to dispose of whale carcasses.

[lmilcin]

Have you ever tried to cut tires of the car that blocked your driveway? Did it help to clear the blockage faster or exactly the opposite?

[stevula]

They would still be cleaning up the debris to unblock the canal, shipping would still be blocked.

[unionpivo]

because unlike videogames, object in real life don't despawn after you punch/shoot them.

if you destroy the ship, it sinks. And since its blocking shallow canal, you just made problem 10x worse.