Recent reports on ships losing containers overboard

Created by doina. Last modified on 2010-07-13 10:58:25
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There have been several reports recently of containers being lost overboard from commercial ships in the Bay of Biscay, the most recent incident with 50 being lost from a containership from the Maersk Line. An estimate has been made of around 2,500 containers being lost of at least 15 million transported each year around the world, a small but still significant amount.This is clearly an issue for sailors and there is some debate as to whether lost containers will float or sink.