Containers are stored in shorter stacks in a container terminal than they are onboard a containership. What is the reason for that decision?

A - stacks that are tall make it time consuming to retrieve the containers at the bottom of the stacks.

B - the terminal may not be built to sustain all of the weight of a high stack.

C - the stackers have limited reach.

D - all of the responses in this answer set are reasons to keep terminal stacks shorter than containership stacks.

E - rubber-tired gantry cranes are not tall enough.