# Lashing@sea and Containers – A Disappointment

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lashing-sea-and-containers-a-disappointment/3595>\
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**Created:** [March 6, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lashing-sea-and-containers-a-disappointment/3595 "2010-03-06T02:42:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mikey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/mikey/32/14_2.png) [@Mikey](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Mikey)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lashing-sea-and-containers-a-disappointment/3595/1 "2010-03-06T02:42:53Z")

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MAC has a particular distaste … [Click HERE to read the full blog article.](http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/lashingsea-and-containers-a-disappointment/)

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**Author:** ![SafeShip.ca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@SafeShip.ca](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/SafeShip.ca)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lashing-sea-and-containers-a-disappointment/3595/2 "2010-03-06T23:17:26Z")

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I agree Bob - there is definitely something ‘fishy’ about this affair.

If there really have been some eye-opening discoveries with this study, the results should be published. How paternalistic and downright disrespectful of the world’s mariners to keep this under wraps.

Then again, such a ‘whitewash’ press-release may be a front for such things as;

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[li]internal disputes amongst the participating parties[/li][li]divergent goals[/li][li]commercial pressures, or[/li][li]having nothing of substance to say … :([/li][/ul]

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**Author:** ![ryansay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@ryansay](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ryansay)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/lashing-sea-and-containers-a-disappointment/3595/3 "2010-03-07T22:08:10Z")

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Out of curiousity, did you ask them for the actual report?