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Originally Posted by chowhou
Rough for ferries is nothing for freighters. The ferries are never meant to leave the protected coastal waters but freighters are meant to cross the open ocean. It's no Puget Sound, but the Strait of Georgia is a pretty well protected body of water. I doubt they notice the worst weather the Strait can put forward.
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I'm thinking less about seaworthiness on the open waters and more about the ships getting bashed up by waves slamming them into the docks (not to mention the docks themselves). I guess they try to haul them in pretty tightly, but it seemed like it might be a concern in the more open waters of the strait.
Container ship loading has pretty fine tolerances, I wonder if they suspend stevedoring operations in heavy weather?
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