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It's possible to cut the ship in half in port if the ship is loaded or unloaded in the wrong order. Each cargo hold must be filled evenly. Filling one hold firs
by Nokinside 9y ago
It's possible to cut the ship in half in port if the ship is loaded or unloaded in the wrong order. Each cargo hold must be filled evenly. Filling one hold first and leaving others empty bends the ship and breaks it.
I have seen a picture of broken bulk carrier in the Rotterdam harbor when loadmaster made an error.
- nradov 9y agoYes that can definitely happen. I went scuba diving on the Eurobulker X shipwreck in Greece. It was a bulk freighter that broke amidship and sank because the three holds weren't loaded evenly. (Some of the locals suspect it was done intentionally as insurance fraud.) http://www.iefimerida.gr/news/229327/nayagio-toy-eurobulker-x-fortigo-ploio-poy-kopike-sta-dyo-exo-apo-ti-halkida-eikones http://www.iefimerida.gr/news/229327/nayagio-toy-eurobulker-...
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