On 2/4/21 3:54 am, Rod Speed wrote:
micky wrote
On those container ships, like the one stuck in the Suez Canal, do
they ship anything below decks anymore?

Nope, access is too difficult.

What a load of codswallop. They remove hatch covers, load containers to
the covers, then refit the hatch covers and load more containers on top
of the covers. Containers below deck are only secured side to side. They
are not secured vertically.
If the ship is an all container ship, the hold(s) will have container
guides into which the containers are stacked. I'd suspect most are these
days.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pr...fvrsn=d3fe11_4

What do they do with all the space?

Ballast tanks etc. You need quite a bit of that because they are very
top heavy when fully loaded.

More codswallop. Ballast reduces the amount of tonnage you can carry. If
you need ballast for stability, you carry less tonnage. There goes your
efficiency and *profits*. What you will find is that the heaviest
containers go below the hatch covers, lighter ones above. That provides
the *stability*. You simply cannot have a top heavy container ship. It
will be dreadfully unstable in a storm if no loading is below the hatch
covers.

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

Not clear what you mean.

Common sense isn't clear to you.

It seems like that one, the Ever Something,

Its been renamed to the Ever Stuck.
was top-heavy and a good wave would make the whole thing tip over,

Nope, that's why they have ballast tanks.

Codswallop again. Ballast tanks are for when the ship is running very
light or *empty*.

or some of the containers fall off.Â* No?

Nope, the containers have locks to the container below them and
ultimately to the ship itself with the bottom container in each stack.


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