1900 containers lost near Hawaii

[mitiempo]

It's happened again. The Maersk Essen lost about750 containers enroute to Los Angeles.

https://gcaptain.com/los-angeles-bou...eid=7c58732398

[IslandHopper]

And another, Maersk Eindhoven has confirmed 260 containers were lost overboard with 65 left damaged onboard on the 17th Feb....

A.P. Møller – Maersk has confirmed 260 containers were lost overboard and an additional 65 damaged on the deck of the Eindhoven on Wednesday.

“As previously reported, the Maersk Eindhoven experienced a loss of engine propulsion for three to four minutes while sailing 45 nautical miles off northern Japan in heavy seas,” a spokesman said Friday. “The loss of manoeuvrability resulted in severe rolling with 260 containers overboard and 65 containers damaged on deck.

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/26...-at-sea-mishap



https://gcaptain.com/maersk-eindhove...board-pacific/

The Maersk Eindhoven incident is the latest in a growing container loss incidents to take place in the trans-Pacific trade since early November ( (One Aquila, One Apus, Ever Liberal*, Maersk Essen, MSC Aries), the most severe being the loss of nearly 2,000 containers from the ONE Apus on November 30. It also comes just a little over a month after the Maersk Essen lost some 750 containers as it was also underway from Xiamen to Los Angeles.

Similar to the Maersk Essen, Maersk Eindhoven is also deployed on Maersk’s TP6 loop and MSC’s Pearl service.

By our count, the string of incidents this season has resulted in nearly 3,000 containers lost overboard, more than double the yearly average number of containers lost.

According to the World Shipping Council, an average of 1,382 containers have been lost at sea each year since 2008, however the actual number each year can be vary greatly because of major incidents where a large number of containers are lost in a single event – like the One Apus, El Faro (2015), MOL Comfort (2013), Rena (2011), etc.

The Danish-flagged MV Maersk Eindhoven was built in 2010 and has a carrying capacity of 13,100 TEUs, which is similar in size to the other ships that have suffered container loss incidents in recent months.

[GordMay]

“With ships urged to speed up, cargo worth millions lost at sea”
The shipping industry is seeing the biggest jump in lost containers in seven years, disrupting supply chains.

More than 3,000 boxes dropped into the sea last year, and more than 1,000 have fallen overboard so far in 2021.

There are a host of reasons for the sudden rise in accidents. Weather is getting more unpredictable, while ships are growing bigger, allowing for containers to be stacked higher than ever before. But greatly exacerbating the situation is a surge in e-commerce after consumer demand exploded during the pandemic, increasing the urgency for shipping lines to deliver products as quickly as possible.

After gale-force winds and large waves buffeted the 364-meter One Apus in November, causing the loss of more than 1,800 containers, footage showed thousands of steel boxes strewn like Lego pieces onboard, some torn to metal shreds. The incident was the worst since 2013, when the MOL Comfort broke in two and sank with its entire cargo of 4,293 containers into the Indian Ocean.

In January, the Maersk Essen lost about 750 boxes while sailing from Xiamen, China, to Los Angeles. A month later, 260 containers fell off the Maersk Eindhoven when it lost power in heavy seas.

More ➥ https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/20...ns-lost-in-sea