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You can't take only the containers at the ends, however, because the uneven weight would cause the center of the ship to collapse.
by KittenInABox 6y ago
You can't take only the containers at the ends, however, because the uneven weight would cause the center of the ship to collapse.
- jacquesm 6y agoNot so sure about that collapse, the keel of the ship is currently supporting all of that weight and seems to be holding up just fine. It's essentially a suspension bridge at this point, but I agree that it is probably better to unload evenly, however, that will add another very substantial time penalty. If the ship would break (which I have no idea at what load imbalance that would happen) there would be a delay a lot longer so it may be worth it to play this extra safe. But there is a very large amount of pressure on the people there to get this resolved.