Comments by "Piccalilli Pit" (@piccalillipit9211) on "Suez Canal: How to keep ships from running aground in the future | DW News" video.

EVERY CAPTAIN I have spoken to [I live next to a port] has said the same thing "ships are too big, simple as that" In the last 20 years ships have gone up X 3 yet rules and ancillary equipment [tugs] have not changed at all. They all say "It was inevitable"
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@ronnieince4568 - Jahre Viking was a bulk crude carrier with a very very low windage - it is effectively an oil filled submarine. It was 100% ballast, the difference between the specific gravity of oil and water is what kept it afloat. So it was incredibly stable and virtually impervious to wind. It is like comparing a HGV Semi with a state board.
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@ronnieince4568 - really it wasnt - Jahre Viking [Seawise Giant] Length: 458 m Beam: 67 m Draft: 24 m Evergiven Length 400m Beam 59m Draft 14m And remember the draft is a BENEFIT for stability and countering windage. The problem with these container ships is those containers contain a LOT of air. If a container was full of oil it would weigh 60 tonnes. So the ship would weigh 1.2 million tonnes if those were oil tanks instead of shipping containers. So those containers are mostly air and plastic and packaging material. So the ship has a massive windage.
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