Each one of those shipping containers weighs around 30 tons. A Sikorsky, on a good day can maybe lift around 8-9 tons. No way can you airlift those containers. Needs to be done by a sea crane and loaded onto another boat to be offloaded in port.
An empty 20 is 4,000 lbs, an empty 40 about twice that. A M-26 can fly around with 44,000 lbs in tow. That means 75/80% of the load can be air lifted. Any really heavy containers will be at the bottom in any event because that's how they are loaded.
Each one of those shipping containers weighs around 30 tons. A Sikorsky, on a good day can maybe lift around 8-9 tons. No way can you airlift those containers. Needs to be done by a sea crane and loaded onto another boat to be offloaded in port.
An empty 20 is 4,000 lbs, an empty 40 about twice that. A M-26 can fly around with 44,000 lbs in tow. That means 75/80% of the load can be air lifted. Any really heavy containers will be at the bottom in any event because that's how they are loaded.
Same way we underway replenishment (UNREP) ship's at sea. definitely a military operation.