APL England containers lost at sea – Update 30th May
As reported, the APL England, a 5,780 TEU capacity containership lost around 40 containers off the coast of New South Wales in Australia with around 74 containers lying in a collapsed state within the stacks on board the ship..
Although inspections are continuing, preliminary investigations have found that the lashing arrangement for the cargo was inadequate and that some of the securing points for containers on deck were heavily corroded..
These findings are clearly in breach of the requirements of SOLAS (The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Seas) and as a consequence, the ship has been detained in the Port of Brisbane by AMSA and it is understood that this detention will be lifted only after these serious deficiencies have been fixed by the ship’s owner APL and the vessel operator..
In the meantime, charges have been laid against the Master (Captain) of the APL England relating to pollution and/or damage of the Australian marine environment due to this incident..
MSC accepts all costs for cleanup of MSC Zoe containers overboard – update 06.01.2019
MSC has reassured authorities and members of the public in the Netherlands and Germany that the company will pay the full costs of the clean-up of the 2 January MSC Zoe container spill..
MSC Zoe containers overboard – update 05.01.2019
Here is an update as of 05.01.2019 about the status of the MSC Zoe and the over 270 odd containers that went overboard..
MSC Zoe containers overboard – update 04.01.2019
Here is an update about the status of the MSC Zoe and the over 270 odd containers that went overboard..
2019 claims its first casualty of containers going overboard
Barely a day into the new year, 2019 has already claimed its first casualty in terms of containers lost at sea..
MSC Zoe, a 396m long containership capable of carrying 19,224 TEU was the unfortunate ship which got caught in heavy seas between Vlieland, Netherlands and the German Bight in the North Sea on New Year’s Day as per the Dutch Coastguard..
Although the exact number is to be verified, the coastguard is indicating that as much as 270 odd containers may have gone overboard in tough weather conditions..
Containers lost at sea..!!!! Why it happens and what to do when it happens..
As part of global trade, in 2016, approximately 130 million containers packed with cargo with an estimated value of more than $4 trillion were shipped around the world..
As per the University College London’s Energy Institute and data visualisation firm Kiln more than 50,000 merchant ships travel high seas, moving goods and commodities all over the place..
With so many containers on the move in many different routes, there are bound to be some containers lost at sea..
We examine the causes, what may prevent it and what to do when your container actually is lost at sea..