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Screw it, we'll hear you out — tell us how you'd fix the stuck Suez boat

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It's doing its best. Now it's your turn! Suez Canal Authority
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Currently the intricate matrix of globalized trade is being stymied by one big boat that got itself wedged up on the side of the Suez Canal.

This disastrous situation has resulted in the very best and brightest on the planet when it comes to salvaging ships to be deployed to the canal to fix the problem.

But like the noble friend present but not assisting during an apartment move, many onlookers have kindly offered their own advice as to the best mechanism to free the good ship Ever Given from its earthly bound. Given the magnitude of the financial fallout, it only makes sense to develop a robust, shovel-ready plan B.

To that end: sure, we'll hear you out, what's the best you got?

Please send boat unsticking proposals to whickey@insider.com. The use of expository diagrams is not merely permitted but actively encouraged. Time is short and the need is great; please submit soon.

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Walt was Business Insider's Deputy Editor for Data and Analysis.Hickey is the author of You Are What You Watch, and also writes Numlock News, a daily morning newsletter. He came from FiveThirtyEight where he was chief culture writer. Walt previously worked at Business Insider from 2012 to 2013, and  graduated from The College of William and Mary with a degree in Applied Mathematics. In additon to his work on elections and data journalism, he also edits comics at Business Insider.In 2022, Hickey won the Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting for his work on Business Insider's I Escaped A Chinese Internment Camp documenting the plight of Uyghurs in China.