Why Ships Capsize From Cargo Shift

Chapters

1. 00:00"Cargo shift is the silent killer of bulk carrie
2. 00:17The Pivot of Stability
3. 00:35The Stability Curve
4. 00:52A Single Loose Container
5. 01:11Paper vs. Reality
6. 01:29The Hidden Pendulum
7. 01:50Cube of Width Rule
8. 02:14A Ship of Pendulums
9. 02:38The Cougar Ace Lesson
10. 03:00The Invisible Killer
11. 03:16"Parametric rolling can cause a ship to roll 40
12. 03:34No Warning
13. 03:52The Resonance Trap
14. 04:12The Final Voyage
15. 04:28"We lost the ship because we didn't understand t
16. 04:42The Shift
17. 04:5933 Lost
18. 05:17Code Written in Blood
19. 05:33Rules vs. Reality
20. 05:52Written in Blood
21. 06:02The Invisible Hand
22. 06:26Liquefaction in Action
23. 06:52The Math of Disaster
24. 07:18The Stolt Valor Case
25. 07:46The Human Factor
26. 08:05Training Gaps
27. 08:33The Cost of Ignorance

About this video

Cargo that shifts in a storm can turn a stable ship into a lever with a short fuse. Containers break free, free surface effects worsen, and the list becomes unrecoverable faster than most shore-side diagrams suggest. We cover lashing, stability margins, and why heavy-weather procedures exist — plain language for how cargo kills ships. Educational maritime safety. #shipping #cargosafety #maritime

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