A 10ft container weighs approximately 2,645 lbs. Fully loaded that container tops the scales at almost 23,000. I will be back in Corona del Mar today overlooking the southernmost anchorage of the vessel backlog. I’ll pull out the binoculars again and really check how low in the water the ships are. Although I can tell you they weren’t sitting high last time.
Your suggestion is ludicrous. You remind me of people talking about oil tankers dumping fuel out in the desert back in 1979.
It will be interesting to hear what you find.
I suspect that you know a fully loaded container can weigh far less than 23,000 lbs and not all containers are fully loaded. And, by the way, you may want to check your numbers on empty weight.
Your suggestion is ludicrous. You remind me of people talking about oil tankers dumping fuel out in the desert back in 1979.
Yep same lie just a different context. An empty container would cost the same to ship as a full one. No one is going to waste billion shipping empty containers around.
If there was some dark evil plot this well funded and this well organized it would simply not ship them at all.