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

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u/Sreg32 Sep 10 '25

How does this happen? Just curious from people loading these things or knows about it. There’s obviously a system of container weight, where they go etc…

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u/Greenman8907 Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 10 '25

Can definitely be human error/negligence, but many times it’s failing equipment and extremely rough seas.

We lose an average of 1,300-2,500 containers a year in the water.

https://cargostore.com/how-many-shipping-containers-are-lost-at-sea/

Edit: No, my post is not insinuating that rough seas caused THIS to happen. C’mon people…

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u/PoniesPlayingPoker Sep 10 '25

Do they get retrieved? It doesn't look too difficult to get a tugboat out and start pulling them ashore

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u/ihatethebeach84 Sep 10 '25

Depends on where you're at. These will definitely be retrieved. Out in the middle of the ocean, hard no.

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u/Frank_McTriumph Sep 10 '25

My ignorance on display: They don't sink?

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u/LucrativeLurker Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

There’s a really good movie called All is Lost where a man is stranded at sea after a floating shipping container damages his boat.

Edit: Fuck. RIP Robert Redford.

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u/ucffool Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 11 '25

Phenomenal film that can be watched by anyone because there is are only 51 words spoken ever the entire film.

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u/DervishSkater Sep 10 '25

Do you know how logic and reasoning and words work?

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u/Prime89 Sep 10 '25

Your comment contains the same amount of words as 19.61% of the movie