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440,000 Shipping containers

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28%28srt%2829%29*1000...

(29000000 square meters * 1 meter)/ 66 cubic meters is a cleaner way to do this math. (Or 29 square kilometers).

Note you're using 29 vs. the grandparent's 26, too.

Note that I believe you're using 2-TEU-size containers. A ship will hold 10-20k TEU. So we're talking about 44-88 shiploads.

If

A) the container ships could tolerate containers full of dirt and rock (nope-- each of these 2-TEU containers would weigh 100 tonnes... compare to gross tonnage of ~200000 tonnes and you're only moving 2000 such containers in a load),

B) the containers themselves could safely tolerate this much mass & weight (nope),

and

B) raising the island 1 meter is enough (probably nope).

Note that dirt/rock is not carried in containers, but in so called "bulk carriers".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulk_carrier

Yes, mentioned in my first comment, made 3 hours before yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29177718 :P

But as long as people were doing the container ship math, I figured I'd point out the problems with it.

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