In alt.home.repair, on Thu, 1 Apr 2021 11:10:04 -0400, Ed Pawlowski
wrote:

On 4/1/2021 8:00 AM, micky wrote:
On those container ships, like the one stuck in the Suez Canal, do they
ship anything below decks anymore?

What do they do with all the space?

Is the deck at the same height as the top of the hull or is it like a
bowl now?

It seems like that one, the Ever Something, was top-heavy and a good
wave would make the whole thing tip over, or some of the containers fall
off. No?

You two have convinced me that it's No.


Cruise ships look top heavy too but this is carrying tons of freight in
those containers.

Inside though, is a 78,000 horsepower diesel engine that turns the prop
at 79 RPM at top speed. I don't know how many inches per gallon of fuel
it takes.

What is the MPG of a cruise ship?
0.004 mpg

Wow.

Assuming an efficiency of about 30% means the boat is burning roughly
1.84 gallons of fuel per second, or 6640 gallons per hour. Since the
ship's cruising speed is 23.7 knots, or 27.3 mph, the cruise ship's fuel
efficiency is roughly 0.004 mpg.