that's a fair call jeremy. a ship that size can handle some pretty nasty weather though. i believe that the focus now is on whether the containers were actually secured correctly. i mean it was a freak accident that the corner of a box punched through into a fuel tank, but if the boxes weren't secured correctly then that opens up another can of worms. what has happened is definitely bad, but shipping is part of the lifeblood of our country's economy and therefore our lives in general. the other factor is that ships cost sh!tloads to run/operate and have to run to strict timetables. demurrage can be around US$35k a day so it can really cost money to delay them, this could explain why it was sent north with the risk of the cyclone heading south, it's a bit of a gamble i suppose and it didn't pay off. either way there'll be a massive investigation into the damage that it has caused and it's definitely in the government's interest to make sure everything gets cleaned up and returned to normal as quickly as possible.