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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by tyingq on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:01PM (#26588050)
It has a max capacity of 20 thousand TEU, which is "20 foot equivalents". Most of the containers on the ship appear to be 40 foot ones. So 10,000 is probably closer to the total number.

Edit: It may also not be "full". Here's a top/bottom picture with the most "full" I could find on the top, and the current situation on the bottom. https://imgur.com/a/b8neNkR

Edit: So maybe 6000 40 foot containers, current state?

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by neogodless on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:37PM (#26588245)
In the photo where it looks quite full, the visible edge containers appear to be about 10x24x28 or 6,720 not accounting for missing ones on the top layers. In a photo from today it looked closer to only 6,000. Of course this methodology may be flawed or have some bad assumptions. Like containers below the visible deck layer??!
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by tyingq on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:41PM (#26588258)
Pretty sure they would all be above and visible. Here's the ship empty: http://www.shipspotting.com/photos/middle/7/2/1/2892127.jpg

And a good photo to confirm your 28 bow-to-stern number: https://photos.fleetmon.com/vessels/ever-given_9811000_26410...

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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by gk1 on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:55PM (#26588324)
They hold containers inside, too. Or else the ship would get too top-heavy. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dd/72/f2/dd72f2e14fa997abad81...
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by neogodless on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:59PM (#26588337)
Oh wow. Not enough to double it but this could get it right to around 10,000 forty foot containers or 20,000 TEU.
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by Scoundreller on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:39AM (#26589367)
Which also suggests if they start pushing containers off to lighten the load, they’ll be easy to push, but they’ll need to push off more.
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by neogodless on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:54PM (#26588315)
Nice! There do appear to be gaps reducing that 28 a bit, too... So I can't imagine there are 6,720 containers on the ship today.
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Re:Is that ship still stuck? by lmilcin on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:01PM (#26588059)
Thanks for the correction.

Then a week of bombardment. Still impressive.

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