Thursday, April 1, 2021

Cargo Overboard, Intense Rolling: The Risks Of Fully Loaded Mega-Container Ships

A worker walks past the ONE Apus container ship and its dislodged containers at the Kobe Port in Japan, in December. The vessel suffered a massive stack collapse and lost 1,816 containers at sea during severe weather on Nov. 30.

More than 100 ships of similar size to the Ever Given ply the world's waterways, creating logistical challenges and concerns about mishaps — including "spectacular losses of cargo," one analyst says.

(Image credit: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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