Thread by @mercoglianos

So, how does a container ship capsize at the dock?

1. Sea Eagle is not a container ship but a general cargo vessel designed to carry oversized and non-standard cargo. Plus, she is small, only 88 meters (260 ft) in length and can carry 256 TEUs...

https://twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1572107630809694208

2. She appears to be loaded with 40, if not 45 foot containers on her main deck. These containers can carry up to 30 tons. This is significant for a ship that can only carry 4k tons of cargo.

3. At the start of the video, a pierside containers handler is removing a box...

3...It appears all the containers on the stbd side have been removed along with the top boxes of the next inboard row.

4. This would shift the center of gravity to the port side (where the containers remain) & center of buoyancy to the stbd side (light side)

4. The kicker was when the ship crane, mounted to the extreme port side, lifted a container and raised it, further shifting the center of gravity.

With the weight off the stbd side and weight high on the port side, the ship began to roll onto its port side.

In examining another video it looks like the ship crane was not used, but a shore side one.

How Does A #Ship Capsize at a Berth?

A breakdown of the video on the sinking of a 34-year old Togo-flagged general cargo ship MV #SeaEagle at the berth in Iskenderun, Turkey while offloading #containers.

via @YouTube