Eli5 how do cargo ships not tip over? Aren’t they super top heavy?

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Eli5 how do cargo ships not tip over? Aren’t they super top heavy?

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Imagine a panel of styrofoam floating in water, not about to tip over eh? That’s how barges and flat bottomed ships work, just that the proportions are less extreme than that, but they are all similarly “top heavy”.