Another container ship mishap

[Velocipede]

Lost 40 containers AND caught fire! I'm still trying to figure out how those containers are floating!? And you know another ship is gonna hit one.

https://www.krem.com/article/news/lo...6-b1fd3c927a3a

[tomato coupe]

Originally Posted by Velocipede

I'm still trying to figure out how those containers are floating!?

Why does anything float? Because their density is less than the density of sea water.

[bigbill]

Containers wash up on west coast beaches often. As long as they're in good shape, they'll mostly remain watertight. Folks make money salvaging the goods in the containers.

I was Navy for 27 years. When I was standing officer of the deck on carriers in the Mediterranean, we had to keep an eye out for containers.

[eddief]

that could be floating at sea. I'll take a salvaged S-Works Roubaix with Etap 12 please.

[adub]

Originally Posted by tomato coupe

why does anything float? Because their density is less than the density of sea water.

ok

[xnetter]

Saw this on the news. I can confirm it was a lil' windy today. Glad nothing exploded or whatever.

KJ

[GregL]

Originally Posted by bigbill

I was Navy for 27 years. When I was standing officer of the deck on carriers in the Mediterranean, we had to keep an eye out for containers.

A friend has crewed multiple ocean crossings, ferrying yachts for the owners back and forth from the US to Europe. He told me that hitting a container was his biggest concern. Modern weather forecasting and communications gave him good warning of impending weather. Radar helped him stay clear of other vessels. But containers that were almost invisible as they rode low in the water were a significant hazard to smaller ocean going vessels. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...e-raises-risks

Greg

[nmrt]

thank goodness they're made of carbon. if we were still in the era of steel bikes, they would have rusted in the sea by now.

Originally Posted by eddief

that could be floating at sea. I'll take a salvaged S-Works Roubaix with Etap 12 please.

[Idris Icabod]

This reminded me of the Lego washing up over years in Cornwall:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc...e-28367198.amp

[bigbill]

Originally Posted by GregL

A friend has crewed multiple ocean crossings, ferrying yachts for the owners back and forth from the US to Europe. He told me that hitting a container was his biggest concern. Modern weather forecasting and communications gave him good warning of impending weather. Radar helped him stay clear of other vessels. But containers that were almost invisible as they rode low in the water were a significant hazard to smaller ocean going vessels. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...e-raises-risks

Greg

They either float on end or flat, just sticking out of the water, depending on how they are loaded or may be leaking. Can't say I missed them all, but 103,000 tons of sovereign US territory smacks them pretty hard. It's not common. I hit a bunch of cows; livestock ships just push dead animals over the side. They bloat and float upside down with their rigor mortis legs sticking straight up. The smell is awful.