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There is unlimited ballast all around a ship (water)

• ceejayoz 5y ago
  You can't just pump a bunch of salt water into the cargo hold of a container ship, I suspect.
  • Danieru 5y ago
    You can into the ballast tanks.
    • ceejayoz 5y ago
      Sure, but the tanks will be sized on the assumption the ship will be under a normal load, not completely empty.
• ryukafalz 5y ago
  I'm no expert, but I believe many of these ships aren't designed to transport liquid cargo. In fact when their solid cargo starts to act too much like a liquid, things go south real fast: https://www.theshipyardblog.com/liquefaction-of-bulk-cargo-explained/ https://www.theshipyardblog.com/liquefaction-of-bulk-cargo-e...
  • hammock 5y ago
    Well for sure liquid ballast needs to be in many compartments (not one big one) to mitigate the effects you link to