Posts Tagged "perfect storm"

OVER THE SIDE: LOST SHIPPING CONTAINERS.

OVER THE SIDE: LOST SHIPPING CONTAINERS.

The story so far: ships occasionally lose containers at sea – there are explanations although we could make comparisons to a ‘runaway train’ situation, ie., it’s out of control and it happens very quickly. In 2020 the Japanese-flagged ONE Apus lost approximately 1,816 containers in heavy seas north-west of Hawaii. Theories over the loss range from a rogue wave snapping the securing pins to the fact that…

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