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Do an image search for 'Shipping container floor'. They have horizontal steel bracing which a wooden floor gets mounted on. Definitely far from water tight. Th

Do an image search for 'Shipping container floor'. They have horizontal steel bracing which a wooden floor gets mounted on. Definitely far from water tight. The only way they are going to float for any period of time is if teh contents are watertight and low density

toomuchtodo 6y ago
“Wind and Water Tight” (WWT) is a specific condition/description of shipping container. I would agree they’re not air tight. https://www.carucontainers.com/en-br/faq/what-does-wind-and-water-tight-wwt-mean-exactly https://www.carucontainers.com/en-br/faq/what-does-wind-and-...
- benatkin 6y ago
  They could be accidentally air tight. https://twitter.com/Dankmemsandmeme/status/1312777204187705345 https://twitter.com/Dankmemsandmeme/status/13127772041877053...
  - jtbayly 6y ago
    That's got to be fake, though, right?
    - benatkin 6y ago
      Seemed like it. I finally looked it up, and yeah, there's a concrete barrier. https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/k6kzmt/comment/gelr4ou https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/k6kzmt/comment/gelr4...
medion 6y ago
I think also if they are refrigerated and full of food, the food rots and gases off, keeping them afloat longer. Also, I recall something about certain containers (or maybe it was just an experiment?) having holes in them plugged with a material which dissolves after extended exposure to saltwater - so within a few hours they sink.