Up to 200 containers lost by mega container ship in North Sea

Posted in Accidents by Mikhail Voytenko

Dec 09, 2020 at 04:11.

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Some 200 container are believed to be lost by container ship north of Schiermonnikoog island, Wadden Islands, North sea. Containers were first spotted by Dutch fishermen, later Dutch CG Command confirmed fishermen report.

Containers are believed to be lost by Ultra Large Container Vessel MUNICH MAERSK on Dec 2, some 90 nm north of Schiermonnikoog island. Ship’s track backs the suspicion – the ship left Bremerhaven in the afternoon Dec 2, bound for Gothenburg Sweden, gathered way to her cruising speed, but several hours later reduced speed to full stop or dead ahead, and kept limping in northern direction until afternoon Dec 3, when she resumed voyage, but at a reduced speed. 

 The ship docked at Gothenburg on Dec 5, left on Dec 8, bound for Aarhus Denmark, ETA Dec 9.
The report isn’t yet officially confirmed, with regards to ship’s ID and number of lost containers. 

Giant container ships are too dangerous in at least two aspects - enormous momentum created by rolling and pitching in rough weather smashes and breaks all lashings and locks, there’s no technology to hold on against such force; in case of major fire effective targeted firefighting is impossible.

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