"They adapted the idea from crowd barriers I think: https://www.prolyte.com/products/portable-stages/crowd-barriers. Same philosophy. Still, people are different from water. I can imagine this works with calm water. But stormy waves?"
"It probably looked good on paper and as a CAD model. Poorly executed (you can't just scale things up), the proportions look very odd. What with those short handlebars?"
"This is already a practical proven design. Dutch beer manufacturer Grolsch has been using this since 2020. I think moist is a minor issue; cardboard is already used extensively in logistics :o)https://www.foodclicks.nl/nieuws/grolsch-komt-met-kartonnen-blikverpakking-voor-de-sixpack/"