How many 20" containers can be loaded on an average vessel ? and is rice booked on vesel basis ?

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How many 20" containers can be loaded on an average vessel ? and is rice booked on vesel basis ?

2006-10-15 20:48:42 · 3 answers · asked by Leonardis.... 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating

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a 20 foot container is considered a TEU...a Trailer Equivilent Unit......and the big container ships carry anywhere from 1500 to, at the largest, 8,000 of them!

2006-10-19 04:31:07 · answer #1 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

There really is no average vessel. We get an average by taking into account all the big and small ones. How can one estimate the number of containers to be carried if there is no aveage size.

Rice is shipped in large bags. 100 pound

2006-10-16 19:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

yes rice is , but the answer for how many wood be hard to say without dimensions

2006-10-19 23:33:34 · answer #3 · answered by gary n 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋