"thunder" wrote in message
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:06:17 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

Damn...
http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D8J312E81.html

Hmm, I wonder what kind of bottom paint they are using. Looks pretty damn
clean.


Heh. I like your style. Always looking for the silver lining.

Eisboch

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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All the cars are securely lashed at multiple points.
This incident has a number of possible scenarios, but I'm guessing human
error due to heeling tanks or ballast "exchange".

otn

"basskisser" wrote in message
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
Damn...
http://apnews.excite.com/article/200...D8J312E81.html

They can't possibly tie down 5,000 cars, I'm betting. So, if they get
the thing uprighted, I'll bet there's still a big, big loss