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Default Nasty boat situation

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:15:31 -0000, jamesgangnc
wrote:

I wonder if we have any posters that have actually seen them load cars
on those ships? Seems to me that you would have to have some sort of
tie downs. Wouldn't it be unrealistic to expect 5,000 cars to stay put
in a trans-pacific trip?


I have talked with a person who meets car carriers coming into the Port of
Wilmington, Delaware. He was telling me that all the cars were strapped
down (and, if there was a labor dispute, the employees would cut the strap
on the hood, rather than at some spot where it actually cleared the car,
thereby scarring the hood).

That conversation was several years ago, for what it's worth.

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