some serious damage

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=150_1404318949

 

Damn those cars got jacked up.

 

I would have thought the cars would be secured or tied down somehow. Didn't think they were just driven or hoisted down to an interior deck and parked like they were in some parking garage.

 

cars are normally tied down. but with the boat swaying like it did, and one car letting go, its just a chain reaction to more cars getting pounded and loose.

 

Cars on transport ships are tied down but not very secure like on a truck. They are parked in so tight that there is little room to do full tie down. The ones I saw were tied to the perforated deck with one wheel net/strap ratcheting tie down on two corners.
The ships have stabilizer system to make the ride nice but a storm can pitch the boat enough that even if they were tied like on a truck there would still be cars crashing into each other.

I was at a car port facility once when they were taking cars out of a boat with front end loaders and the overhead crane. The ship had taken on water in the lower deck and they were psuhing cars under the overhead hatch and the crane could claw 2-3 at a time. Inside the boat the loader was pushing them into a heap for the crane to grab. Some were Porsche 911s.... It is rare but the port manager for the car manufacturer I worked for had seen this two other times in 8 years of being at that facility. The recovered cars were crushed on site with the maritime insurance rep watching. Salt water flooded cars have pretty much nothing you could save from them.
I'm not sure what happens to physical damage salvage like the ones in the video. I know the car makers don't like for brand new current model year used parts being around.

 

From the pic of the ships clinometer(?) the ship took at most 40 and 50 degree rolls. Anything not SECURELY tied down would break free at that angle. I taken 30 degree up angles on a sub and you can stand on walls almost, so 40 and 50 is ridiculous.

 

Wow. Mass destruction.
I'm sure they'll be tied down securely the next time that captain has a bunch of BMW's on his ship haha