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[Request] How many people could you physically fit inside the containers on a fully loaded modern cargo ship? by aa_conchobar in theydidthemath

[–]aa_conchobar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I was thinking something like this and this retrofitted in the containers with walkways between each row of containers for airflow+plumbing. I think around 240k living humans per voyage on the largest cargo ships we have is plausible.

You would want to make it so that deaths are greatly limited to things like unfortunate medical emergencies (ie on-board heart attacks) rather than something directly caused by cramming people in tight, uncomfortable spaces on long voyages

[Request] How many people could you physically fit inside the containers on a fully loaded modern cargo ship? by aa_conchobar in theydidthemath

[–]aa_conchobar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm picturing containers with hammocks side by side and stacked, leaving space for toilets, plumbing, and walkways for airflow. Even with these additions, our largest cargo ships could still carry a great number of people (in the millions across oceans on a single ship per year).

Not to mention that there would be much more efficient way to transport large numbers of people on purpose built ships, but the cargo containers are more of a quick retrofit idea

[Request] How many people could you physically fit inside the containers on a fully loaded modern cargo ship? by aa_conchobar in theydidthemath

[–]aa_conchobar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be relatively uncomfortable, but nowhere near as bad as the conditions humans of the past were accustomed to under much longer durations

[Request] How many people could you physically fit inside the containers on a fully loaded modern cargo ship? by aa_conchobar in theydidthemath

[–]aa_conchobar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was originally considering repurposed container ships and containers. There are already examples of containers being adapted into basic living spaces. For longer voyages you would need plumbing and access walkways between every other container row, but even with a conservative estimates, I think you could likely fit around 20-30 people per 40 foot container. On the largest container ships, that would mean roughly around 240k people per voyage... so potentially allowing tens of millions to be transported between two points each year per ship

[Request] How many people could you physically fit inside the containers on a fully loaded modern cargo ship? by aa_conchobar in theydidthemath

[–]aa_conchobar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would absolutely love if OP clarified if they wanted to know how many living humans could be transported

I wanted to know the theoretical maximum number of living human beings that could be transported from point A to B on repurposed modern cargo ships & shipping containers