I want to know how many fall off compared with how many are shipped each year. i.e. what is the chance of it happening
2007-03-26 17:14:01 · 4 answers · asked by alanthekiwi 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
From the link below:
"At any given time, between 5 million and 6 million boxes are in transit. The TT Club calculates that the total number lost over the side is probably less than 2,000 per year. This means that less than 0.005% of the containers shipped each year end afloat in the ocean. Most dry cargo containers are steel boxes weighing between two tonnes and four tonnes, and are constructed to be weather-proof, rather than watertight. If empty they sink as a result of water ingress. If full, they may float for a while: air trapped in the cargo may hold a box on the surface until the cargo becomes waterlogged."
the International Maritime Organization ( www.imo.org) has a higher number of about 5,000........
2007-03-27 01:14:30 · answer #1 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know that you can get an answer to this question because the container shipping industry doesn't usually want to give those figures out... but I would have to guess it's several hundred on a worldwide basis.
2007-03-27 03:23:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw a cargo ship ram into a cruise ship. Interesting. 7 containers fell to the bow of the cruise ship. But it was cold and early; no passengers were hurt.
2007-03-27 00:29:20 · answer #3 · answered by Mere Mortal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was reported this week in the paper, that thousands fall off every year.
2007-03-27 21:44:49 · answer #4 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋