In January, 1992, a wave knocked a container off a ship bound for the United States from Hong Kong. What was in the container?

lanfranco

Plastic bathtub toys. They made for an interesting study of ocean currents: http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/ducks.html Jan 27 07, 11:35 AM

What-A-Mess

Specifically: Frankie has it. Generally: "Containers occasionally fall from the ships that carry them, something that occurs an estimated 2,000 to 10,000 times each year. For instance, on November 30, 2006, a container washed ashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, along with thousands of bags of its cargo of tortilla chips. Containers lost at sea do not necessarily sink, but seldom float very high out of the water, making them a shipping hazard that is difficult to detect. Freight from lost containers has provided oceanographers with unexpected opportunities to track global ocean currents." Looked for a stat site but Wiki came through! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containerization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Containerization Post Script: The "Intermodal" freight system is World Wide UNIVERSAL (only Microsoft Windows can share that claim). Read up on it. It is the backbone of LIFE (consumerism = life) as we know it! Jan 27 07, 2:06 PM

aelaha317

"Containers occasionally fall from the ships that carry them, something that occurs an estimated 2,000 to 10,000 times each year. For instance, on November 30, 2006, a container washed ashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, along with thousands of bags of its cargo of tortilla chips. Containers lost at sea do not necessarily sink, but seldom float very high out of the water, making them a shipping hazard that is difficult to detect. Freight from lost containers has provided oceanographers with unexpected opportunities to track global ocean currents." Jan 27 07, 4:30 PM

star_gazer

Gold bullion. Jan 28 07, 6:10 AM