I may know more than you realize.

I just happen to have a TEU here and I'll tell you one thing, there is no 'mechanism' to sink it (other than ventilation holes) or let the duckys loose. If it was completely full of something reasonably buoyant, it would probably float with about 2-3" of the top exposed.

Being the clever fellow you are, you'll know the answer to this:

Is it duckys, or is it duckies?

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The ones I've been in don't appear to have sinking mechanisms

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How could you possibly know that?

Don't matter how you spell it. They still get out.

Some things that have fallen off container ships and then washed ashore months and years later:

Sneakers 1992: Five containers of Nike sneakers fell off a ship heading from South Korea to Seattle, resulting in 80,000 floating shoes. They washed up on beaches all over the Pacific Northwest.

Toys 1992: A container fell off a ship crossing the Pacific, sending 28,800 floating toy ducks, frogs, turtles and beavers from a company called The First Years into the water. Many came ashore in Japan and Alaska, but some crossed the North Pole and were found in the North Atlantic. They are still being discovered by beachcombers today.

Hockey gear 1994: Cargo from two 20-foot-by-40-foot containers that fell overboard crossing the Pacific — about 34,000 hockey gloves, chest protectors and shinguards — washed up on the coastline between Oregon and Alaska.

Legos 1997: Nearly 5 million Lego pieces were lost in a container, one of 60 that fell off a ship near Land's End in the UK. Ironically, many of the pieces were sea-related, such as 418,000 diver flippers, 26,000 life preservers, 97,000 scuba tanks and 4,200 plastic octopuses.

Isn't that "octopussies?"

Take a look at the container again...the fasteners aren't stainless steel...I'm betting the hasps and fasteners for the doors are plain steel fasteners...Grade 3 or 5 and they'll rust faster than a rabbit on a dog track...

Lose the fasteners' holding power and what do you get?

An open container...and all the rubber duckys, all-l-l-l-l-l-l over your body... (Sorry Jonathan Winters!)

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Same thing happened 30 years ago when the oil crisis led to massive building of VLCC's and ULCC's. (Very large and Ultra large crude carriers). I remember reading stories of huge ships coming off the ways and going straight to inactive anchorage in the fjords or Norway. Red Ink.

By the same folks laid off that built them?

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1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Because you didn't see it it's not there?
The facts don't support your observations.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_Nevis

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"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

"The ones I've been in don't appear to have sinking mechanisms"

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1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I saw one of those shows the other day about a Maersk container ship going from Spain to Denmark (I think). I think that was on the show "How Do They Do That?"

I could not believe the size of that thing. I've seen lots of container ships, but none as big as that one was. They said it was the largest one in the world. I guess that's really saying a lot.

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Well one of the nightmares for any offshore sailor are the floaters. Depending on whats inside them they can float for a bit, usualy just at or below the surface. Nothing like coming down a pich black wave at night and having the bottom of your boat ripped off by one 500 miles off shore.

Most sink, but it depends whats in them.

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that's the Emma Maersk

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