Why in the world would people make a ship look like this? :
To me, it looks like a super oversized barge
I've been on one of them, the Pegasus Highway. Their car carriers, so they have multiple decks to protect the cars, and all of them are chained down. I find them quite neat actually
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/images/Assets/8.1_main_image_637x254.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/sponsors/race-partner-1/&usg=__mAOpqjAAr8BfK4fqPPkrXfe4tKw=&h=254&w=637&sz=59&hl=en&start=0&sig2=nlQNNlUs0D13xR36UDuNcg&zoom=1&tbnid=L7GHtR8txoxwpM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=193&ei=vKEcTdCON8G88gax1Nh-&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwallenius%2Bwilhelmsen%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1680%26bih%3D949%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=536&vpy=153&dur=333&hovh=84&hovw=212&tx=138&ty=68&oei=vKEcTdCON8G88gax1Nh-&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=35&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0
Thats my favourite one, operated by Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Matt