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I think it is actually designed as such on purpose: in the event of adverse weather, loosing some openly stacked containers is less severe than sinking an other
by cromka 6y ago
I think it is actually designed as such on purpose: in the event of adverse weather, loosing some openly stacked containers is less severe than sinking an otherwise concealing but unstable ship. I imagine this is a sort of calculated loss, a trade-off of allowing a heavy ship to adjust – or "self heal", if you will – to extreme conditions dynamically, which should also be very rare and unlikely.
- TylerE 6y agoNo, nothing like that. It's just to make loading practical. Also, a taller ship with a large mostly empty area up high might have some issues when lightly loaded with crosswinds - but probably more importantly it's just that you would need internal supports which again, will make loading much more complicated.
- cromka 6y agoThat makes sense, too. I suppose, at the end of the day, the existing design is just a result of practice: it just works. Most of the time.
- TylerE 6y agoYes, that's a pretty safe assumption in any cutthroat industry with massive competition and tight margins. Corporate darwinism at it's finest.