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Why grain, ore, and boxes want different hulls

Grain can shift, ore is extremely dense, and boxes need cells, so each cargo stresses a hull differently.

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Grain, ore, and containers ask the hull for different combinations of volume, strength, and restraint. A ship arranged for one of them carries the others badly, because the cargo's density and the way it moves are part of the structure. The opening covers grain is light and can shift, ore loads the strength first, and boxes need cells and lashings.

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Grain is light and can shift
Ore loads the strength first
Boxes need cells and lashings
Empty space is not spare weight
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

Sources

Grain Code stability rules
Ore loading and container cell guides

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Why grain, ore, and boxes want different hulls

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