The containers are connected together by single or double stacking cones or twist locks. The entire stack or container block is lashed using lashing wires or rods and turnbuckles.
If you want me to explain in ELI5 what a turnbuckle, a twist lock, a stack, a stacking cone, a rod or a lashing wire is, just let me know.
Actually, they fall quite often.
Some naval compagnies uses to overload their ships to maximize profit over security. Apparently it’s economically viable enough that they keep doing it, but it means if the weather is bad, one cargo can lost a dozen of containers in the sea.
That’s why sometimes that one package you ordered from China never arrived to your doorbell. That’s also (partially) why our oceans are full of trash.
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