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Hormuznacles: The Barnacle Problem Waiting Behind Hormuz
Ships delayed around Hormuz may start moving again, but their underwater condition may not match the clean-hull assumptions still sitting in the paperwork.In this DeepDraft technical briefing, Capt. Raghu Sharma looks at what prolonged warm-water anchorage can do to hull resistance, propeller response, sea chest condition, cooling-water margin, fuel burn, and charter-party evidence before vessels return to normal trading.This is not a claim that ships will suddenly become helpless. It is a practical maritime warning: after weeks of idling in Gulf waters, underwater condition has to be…
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