[HonkeyDorey]

when cargo ships are going across the ocean... if they hit a bad storm and the ships starts to sway, by law the captain is able to give the orders to dump containers into the ocean. If they feel dumping the top contains would kill the sway and save the ship and the rest of the cargo, it can be done and has been done...

Im not trying to scare anyone cause mine just got on the ship... but imagin getting the phone call that your car is sitting at the bottom of the atlantic ocean? hahahaha

[XiNomad]

check out this forum member's bad luck:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89347

your car finally gets to the VPC and then that happens...ugh.

[samwoo2go]

Originally Posted by HonkeyDorey

when cargo ships are going across the ocean... if they hit a bad storm and the ships starts to sway, by law the captain is able to give the orders to dump containers into the ocean. If they feel dumping the top contains would kill the sway and save the ship and the rest of the cargo, it can be done and has been done...

Im not trying to scare anyone cause mine just got on the ship... but imagin getting the phone call that your car is sitting at the bottom of the atlantic ocean? hahahaha

I thought our cars always sit below deck

[HonkeyDorey]

Originally Posted by samwoo2go

I thought our cars always sit below deck

ohh... maybe your right? first timer here

i know the ships with the cargo containers are stacked high up...

i dunno about the cars

[LateralG]

they have vessels designed to ship cars..

[Northcar]

Originally Posted by eldy

The cars aren't put in containers.

That's why the doors to load the cars are on the side of the ship - it makes it easier to drive the cars off into the ocean when the seas get rough to accomplish the same thing as dumping the containers off the top would do.