Stern hull forms might contribute to deck container losses

摘要

Much interest is refocusing on the issue of deck container losses. In recent months, around 400-500 containers are believed to have disappeared overboard in 20 separate incidents, and initial investigations seemed to show that all the ships involved were using fully automatic twistlocks, featuring a single-latch design, for box securing. In the past, losses of, and damage to deck containers has most often been attributed to the feature known as parametric rolling.