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[TomSeller]

See the collapsed containers? "Fun with insurance" time!

Plus some from the starboard side seem to be missing. Maybe that is where the Mahindra parts discussed in another thread went.

 

[4570Man]

I am always amazed at how they stack these containers so high and do not even taper in the sides.

It's probably cheaper to loose a few than reduce the number or every ship,

 

[DieselBound]

Plus some from the starboard side seem to be missing. Maybe that is where the Mahindra parts discussed in another thread went.

THAT is funny! But, really, I suppose it happens more than we know about. I think it was ITALIA that shipped my collapsible wire crates: they made it OK.

 

[California]

Have to imagine what that sounded like. I'd think that if one were below deck that it would have been one heck of a racket!

It had to be heeled waaaay over for them to break loose. At that moment if I heard that racket - I would wonder if the hull had split open.

 

[civilian]

Plus some from the starboard side seem to be missing. Maybe that is where the Mahindra parts discussed in another thread went.

Years ago, a foundry that we were supposed to install some equipment for, was coming in from overseas in three containers. Well one of their containers did not make it. It was ditched over board because of weather. Equipment pieces had to be remade and shipped again. Start up date was postponed. Jon

 

[3930dave]

It's probably cheaper to loose a few than reduce the number or every ship,

Like most everything today, it just comes down to money.

I remember reading something an engineer named Jack Gannsle (sp?) wrote, about sailing solo across the Atlantic. He was sailing along in the middle of the Atlantic, trimmed out for max speed. All of a sudden, there was a massive impact, and the boat immediately started to sink. I only got to read that account because his go-bag in his dinghy had a knife hanging with it and he was just able to cut the line before his sinking boat pulled his dinghy under.

He checked the area and charts later, there was nothing supposed to be in that deep water. The only thing that made sense was that he had hit a floating (but submerged) sea-can at full clip.

Money drives the sea-can stacks, but is also one reason that small boats disappear at sea.

Rgds, D.

 

[bcp]

From:
Survey Results for Containers Lost At Sea – 2014 Update

The survey of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 estimates that there were approximately 733 containers lost at sea on average for each of these three years, not counting catastrophic events. When one includes catastrophic losses (as defined above) during these years, the average annual loss for the period was approximately 2,683 containers.


Bruce

 

[ultrarunner]

Like most everything today, it just comes down to money.

I remember reading something an engineer named Jack Gannsle (sp?) wrote, about sailing solo across the Atlantic. He was sailing along in the middle of the Atlantic, trimmed out for max speed. All of a sudden, there was a massive impact, and the boat immediately started to sink. I only got to read that account because his go-bag in his dinghy had a knife hanging with it and he was just able to cut the line before his sinking boat pulled his dinghy under.

He checked the area and charts later, there was nothing supposed to be in that deep water. The only thing that made sense was that he had hit a floating (but submerged) sea-can at full clip.

Money drives the sea-can stacks, but is also one reason that small boats disappear at sea.

Rgds, D.

One of the reasons my retired around the world friends insisted on a Steel Hull Schooner with 3 compartments... they lost a friend when his Fiberglass boat hit something in the Pacific.

Back in 1977 I was bringing in a car from Germany... the freighter was hit by a Typhon and floundered... lost power and almost sank... the ship was saved because the crew jettisoned most of the topside cargo...

In maritime terms a General Average was declared which allocates loss... since tossing overboard someones container saved those that were still on board... we all must share the loss even if you did not lose anything.

We had insurance that paid out even though our car came through OK... it was just below deck... one deck down was flooded.

Remember a few years ago when the freighter with new High End German cars sank in the Channel... many were owned European Delivery cars heading to America?

My car was suppose to be on that ship but wasn't...

MV Tricolor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ship carrying thousands of cars sinks in the Channel | Daily Mail Online

 

[rd_macgregor]

I'm speculating that one or more containers on the right side collapsed, maybe in rough seas, and started the lean, leading to more collapse, etc. The containers are pretty strong, but do deteriorate/develop flaws over time. It is amazing how strongly they are coupled together; the farthest top right one is nearly horizontal, but still holding in there!
Hey, maybe the lower right ones were all filled with something compressible, like yoga mats.

 

[Renze]

Plus some from the starboard side seem to be missing. Maybe that is where the Mahindra parts discussed in another thread went.

A colleague told me, someone he knew collected Deuliwag tractors. Of 8 remaining in the world, three he bought in America were in a shipping container that went overboard at sea...