10 points! Sinking cargo ships questions! Has to do with overloading ovjects and stuff. Thanks!?

Question

From 2987-2007 were there any shipping/cargo ships that sunk or let all the stuff they were shipping out. Either from overloading or other reasons. I know there are many oil spills but I am interested in more like "the nike shoe spill" or something. Thanks!

Answer 1

Chris, thank you so much for answering my question in spite of it not making sense, lol :)

Answer 2

look around www.cargolaw.com and www.shipspotting.com.

THe most recent I can think of was a couple of containers loaded with bags of snacks... doritos everywhere. You'll find pics at the sites above.

Answer 3

There are over 400 ships lost every year !!!

As far as cargo loss, estimates are as many as 10,000 containers are lost overboard annually. Most sink and are never seen again. A few break open and scatter cargo as in the Nike Shoe loss you mentioned. Some float just below the surface and are responsible for an unknown number of small vessel losses due to collisions with them.

Check out this site.

http://www.cargolaw.com/presentation_cas...

This is for only one year ... you can check other years also.

Answer 4

Were there any? There were LOADS!

Container ships lose deck cargo, containers in other words, all the time. Estimates vary as to how much is lost, the forst link says 2,000 and the second says 10,000. The second link also mentions the Nike 'spill'.

Just look at the mess of the ship in the third link, her containers were trashed and loads fell off.

Answer 5

well lets see, from 2987 BC *?* umm, a lot of jewelry since then!

Answer 6

well there are two things i could think of that could cause this.  overloading with the heaviest things on top (top heavy) or improper ballast not keeping the ship low enough in the water to keep it from turning over

Answer 7

http://www.popular-pics.com/pictures.asp...

It happens a lot with companies that ship via cargo containers.  Ive seen a few photo galleries of ships that tipped over while being loaded up in port.  Seems like a random question.  May i inquire what for?

"Industry experts estimate that anywhere from 2,000 to 10,000 containers fall off ships each year, less than 1% of the number of containers sent by sea annually but representing a huge cost to those who lose cargo to the ocean."  usa today - 2006

Answer 8

Dreamy

many ships are insured by loyd's of london, (a coffee house once) which uses the standard contract for salvage.  the standard loyd's as it is called is in a nutshell this,  no cure, no pay.  That means basically anyone can go into service to salvage a cargo and if they recover it, they are paid by the insurance company.

not specifically on questions of current products I don't know. Most of the marine related articles i read deal with shipping in terms of maintenance, p****y and issues like that.

but for the issue of salvage.   There are a number of very famous ships, some in as little as 40 feet of water, carrying hundreds of millions of dollars in jewels, gold and other precious things that have never been salvaged. The most famous of them is about 100 yards off shore in south africa and the number of people who dive there each year in hopes of getting rich are high. The number killed there each year is pretty substancial as well. To date, only about 1/80th of the riches are recovered and it is assumed the rest never will be.

On the other hand, a vessel carrying tuna sank off Washington State. the value of the tuna (canned) was substancial and a standard loyd's was issued to a small company. The sent a diver down who cut a 30 inch hole in the vessel and then worked the packages of tuna to the hole and allowed them to float up to the surface where the cans were collected, washed, dried and re-labeled and sold.

the same holds true for other recoverable items as well even to this day. Insurance companies do not like to lose money.

many items sink, they are just too heavy and they are lost.  Typically, an object sinking in the water (anything but a submarine) will achieve speeds in excess of 50 miles an hour, shape is not determinate on speed.  If they hit at that speed, they typically sink into mud if it is there and are buried. If they hit rock, the objects are smashed.

submarines typically sink in excess of 100+ miles an hour and bury in mud up to 1 mile in depth. Unless the sub sinks on rock, it is generally un-recoverable.

Some objects sink slowly and are on the mud surface, to include ships and submarines, containerized freight and bodies.

Ihope this helps