Why Recovering Lost Shipping Containers is so Difficult

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Published 2022-05-17
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel for a feature on the handling of shipping containers that are transported across the globe via land, air and sea, as well as the challenging feat of recovering such robust containers when they're missing one the ocean floor.

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All Comments (21)
  • @christhorney
    i know what containers are, i thought this was supposed to be about recovering them, not a run down on how shipping containers life story
  • It's hard to imagine that any container recovery is financially logical. And Fructus drops the topic almost immediately.
  • @TheTacktishion
    The content of this video has very little about recovery of shipping containers.... I lot of "filler" about cargo ships....! Just saying....
  • Interesting, but not enough information on the entire recovery process. The containers shown being recovered were represented to be older containers that had been in the water for a long time. What about recovery of recently lost containers and what is the entire process of getting them on land, inspection and disposition.
  • Not mentioned in the video is the danger posed to smaller vessels by containers that fall off ships but dont sink immediately. They float just below the surface and can stove in the fiberglass and wooden hulls of small vessels.
  • @mattheweburns
    What freaks me out the most is that I hear it is common for folks to immigrate using shipping containers, that those conditions are horrible enough to think of one of them falling overboard killing everyone inside is even worse…
  • @JDubbsadventure
    Some of the containers float. We see them in the Chesapeake Bay fairly often. Keep your eyes open for them
  • I must say, I'm impressed with your tractor and the attachments you have for it! do you have a kitchen sink attachment to?
  • @bcotterman499
    This is certainly not about recovery, but everything else.
  • @captng
    Wait.. you're telling me somebody actually asked why is it so difficult to retrieve lost shipping containers?
  • @johna.4334
    All containers should be made waterproof and buoyant by international law.
  • I don't even want to go into some of the garbage that is said on this video. However, if we can build ships that hold 20 thousand containers, why can't we secure them so they don't fall off those ships? It seems to me that somebody forgot something very important!
  • @kaosrawstyle
    I always wondered if containers fall off ships and how they even know whats missing to reship