Topic: Containers overboard

Make sure you understand your ship’s motion monitoring and forecast tools

Container ship CMA CGM G. Washington lost 137 containers overboard as a result of parametric roll. The Nautical Institute points out that a major contributing factor was that the crew was not fully conversant with...Read more

11-08-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk

Video: The forces that caused the MSC Zoe to lose containers explained

Following the MSC Zoe disaster, the Dutch Safety Board asked research organisations Deltares and MARIN to cooperate in an investigation. The key research questions were: what could cause container losses above the Wadden Sea and...Read more

02-07-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk

Inland container ship hits bridge in Rotterdam and loses three containers

A container barge has collided with the Willemsbrug in Rotterdam. The ship lost three containers, which ended up in the water, said a spokeswoman of the Dutch police. There were no casualties. There were no dangerous...Read more

02-07-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk

Charges against master APL England after losing containers off Australia

Charges have been laid against the master of the APL England, which lost about fifty containers off the coast of Sydney. The offences relate to pollution and/or damage of the Australian marine environment as a...Read more

03-06-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk

Minister: MSC likely to pay large part of MSC Zoe disaster costs

The Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen is in talks with MSC about recovering the clean up costs of the MSC Zoe disaster in the Dutch Wadden Sea. She says there...Read more

12-05-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk

Minister: ‘More clarity on southern Wadden shipping route before summer’

There is to be more clarity about the risks run by large container ships on the Wadden Sea southern shipping route before summer. This is what Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (Infrastructure and Water Management) has...Read more

25-02-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk

Investigation into container vessel OOCL Rauma losing containers

The Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate will investigate why seven containers fell overboard last week from container vessel OOCL Rauma as it was sailing past the Dutch Wadden Islands. This was announced by the...Read more

17-02-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk

‘Wadden Sea shipping route should be closed during storm’

To prevent another disaster in the Wadden Sea, the Dutch Cabinet must talk to Germany as soon as possible about an emergency ordinance with which the shipping route above the Wadden Sea can be closed...Read more

14-02-2020|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk

MSC Zoe Lost Containers in Two Places

The container ship MSC Zoe lost containers at two different locations. On the evening of 1 January, when sailing near Terschelling and Ameland, the ship lost the first load. After this incident, the ship continued...Read more

16-12-2019|Comment|author: Mariska Buitendijk