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ulrikrasmussen on July 26, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cargo ships that ‘liquefy’ (2018)

Can't cargo hulls be compartmentalized to alleviate this? Or are the forces too great for this to be practical?

simonh on July 26, 2019 [–]

Compartmentalisation is fine for liquid cargoes, but make it a lot harder to load and unload particulate solids like these because the walls and baffles get in the way.

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