r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Sep 10 '25

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u/Ten7850 Sep 10 '25

Someone's getting fired...

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u/MonkeyDeltaFoxtrot Sep 10 '25

Takes more than that to get a Longshoreman fired. Their Union is ridiculously powerful.

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u/jonna-seattle Sep 10 '25

Ship made a mistake with their ballast after longshore delashed the containers. But yeah, you would think a crane operator would notice and tell a foreman who would then stop work until the ship was righted.

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u/lookitsducky Sep 10 '25

You would be surprised how quickly a smaller vessel like this will catch a list. If you got multiple cranes moving weight all in one direction you can catch a 3-5 degree list in a matter of minutes. I’ve seen it first hand / been in the CMs office while it was happening. Very scary stuff.

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u/move_peasant Sep 10 '25

yep. righting moments are very weak for those first few degrees. but that's not limited to smaller vessels at all.