On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:21:36 -0400, "Scotty" wrote:

As has already been pointed out by others, shipping
containers are not
airtight or watertight, and fail to sink only because of
the buoyancy (if
any) of their contents.


Most empty containers float due to the trapped air in them.

There is no trapped air in a shipping container. It is not trapped, it
is free to leave and be replaced with water. This is technically known
as flooding and it leads to sinking. Every time.

Casady.