Redlands Okie
Veteran Member
A container ship can only withstand so much roll in heavy seas and the lashings will fail and poop happens. I'd say they had a lashing failure due to heavy seas. Of course lots of customers won't be getting their imported goods anytime soon and the ones on the sea floor are shot anyway. , plus they have to be salvaged at the ship owner's expense.
I don't believe anything was 'hauled wrong'. I tend to believe there was a lashing failure. Tie down stuff does break under tremendous strain.
That depends on the insurance program that was selected for the cargo. Some plans will have the haulage rates of the surviving cargo raised to help cover the cost.