The worst seas in the world aren’t really something you can figure out. Yes, you can build ships to endure it, but when you’ve got the canal, you don’t need to.
I’m sure most of the ships themselves don’t have issues with it, but from what I’ve heard, shipping containers are mostly held down by gravity, so if they’re really rocking and rolling, they’re bound to lose a lot of cargo.
No, the containers all lock together, and lock to the ship.
Certain parts are more “structural” and get cross braces, extra tie-downs and stuff.
Gravity plays a huge part, and there will be a maximum amount of roll/list. But containers should not go anywhere.
When they do, it’s normally because of incorrectly fitted (or missing) connectors, bad load balance, or because a heavy load inside a container shifted when it shouldn’t. Probably a combination of these things.
I’m actually surprised to hear that in 2023. I’d think we’d have figured that out by now.
What percent don’t make it typically?
The worst seas in the world aren’t really something you can figure out. Yes, you can build ships to endure it, but when you’ve got the canal, you don’t need to.
I’m sure most of the ships themselves don’t have issues with it, but from what I’ve heard, shipping containers are mostly held down by gravity, so if they’re really rocking and rolling, they’re bound to lose a lot of cargo.
No, the containers all lock together, and lock to the ship.
Certain parts are more “structural” and get cross braces, extra tie-downs and stuff.
Gravity plays a huge part, and there will be a maximum amount of roll/list. But containers should not go anywhere.
When they do, it’s normally because of incorrectly fitted (or missing) connectors, bad load balance, or because a heavy load inside a container shifted when it shouldn’t. Probably a combination of these things.
https://shippingcontainerlab.com/why-dont-shipping-containers-fall-off/
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