They Just Fell Off?

“Why did the container fall off?” “Well, a wave hit it.” “Is that unusual?” “At sea? Chance in a million!”

Evergreen is the gift that keeps on giving for shipping mishap fans

This reminds me of: "Delivery status: the package fell into the ocean."

"she was a 300 meter long container vessel" length: 399.99m well, you're not wrong

Huh, these animations are great, but seeing them all followed up by an image of the actual containers at the end in the report really gave a sense of "realness" to it when contrasted by the animations. I'd like to see images of damages like that in future videos (of course, contrasted by the amazing animation)

I thought the "ever smart" on the thumbnail was going to be a ever given joke but apparently the whole ever fleet is just cursed

The moral is never include "ever" in your ship's name.

I have no connection with shipping but I watch every one of your videos because you explain things so clearly!

In 2019, the 395m "MSC Zoe" lost 342 containers in the North Sea, after experiencing fast and heavy rolling for several hours. Much of the cargo washed up on the shores of Dutch and German islands, causing considerable environmental damage. The joint investigation could find no breach of loading regulations. But it suggests that the relevant IMO codes may have not kept up with the development of ultra large container ships and should be updated. In particular, ULCS may be due to their high stiffness, or metacenter height, be particularly prone to short-period rolling, and thereby experience dynamic loads in excess of what the cargo securing mechanisms were designed for. I'd post the link but it seems like youtube will then hide this comment :(

I would be so stressed out captaining a ship with that name. Any mistakes you make gain instant irony. Too much pressure to be smart all the time haha

I'm very glad to see you cover this incident so well! I brought it up in a couple comments on your twistlocks video. This video did a perfect job of summarizing all the major factors discussed in the MAIB report

Whenever I see your container ship animations I am immediately reminded of an old Amiga game called "Ports of Call". I loved that game so much. :)

I was really expecting to hear “Now the Eversmart in this case was actually pretty Everdumb”

Random spot checks and fines for miss declared weights would help solve a lot of problems. If the fines are big enough you don’t have to check that many containers. Checking 1 in 10 containers with a $1000 fine, no one will care. Check 1 in 1000 containers with $500,000 fine, shippers will up their own checks real fast.

I work in passenger vessels, not cargo, but when I got into the maritime field I did a stint on a container vessel. I was told, when loading, if you MUST fill a stack with containers under those numbers, always order them sequentially. Using the numbers here it should've been, from bottom-top: 9.6, 9.4, 9.3, 9.1, 8.2, 7.4, 4.8, 4.8. that is, of course, if the containers are declared properly. Or weighed prior to loading.

That was surprisingly interesting, I'm glad I clicked something completely out of my usual area of interest! Very well narrated and explained! 👍

Excuse my complete noviceness, but would it not be possible for the loading cranes to automatically weigh the containers are they're loaded? Is that not a thing?

Just had your channel recommended by YouTube because I watch practical engineering, glad I clicked. No interest in shipping but you make it interesting!👌🏻👍🏻 Subscribed 😉

I love your videos! Great graphics, and fantastic research! 🙌🙌

It’s amazing these boxes of metal can float but are insanely dangerous because they’re so difficult to see because they float just beneath the surface What got you into making these videos? Do you have current/former maritime experience ? In the family? Let us get to know you @casualnavigation :)