Tag: container loss

Efforts are underway to locate over three dozen containers lost at sea from the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin while sailing near South Africa.

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its annual report on containers lost at sea, showing a significant decrease to 221 containers lost in 2023.

The World Shipping Council (WSC) applauds the recent adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) by the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 108).

In response to the increasing concerns over the number of containers lost at sea in recent years, IACS has adopted two new Unified Requirements, UR C6 and UR C7, which will come into force starting 1 July 2025.

Kunal Pathak, Team Leader, Claims, Arendal; Siddharth Mahajan, Loss Prevention Manager Asia, Singapore; Helge A. Nordahl, Vice President, Analytics, Oslo; Are Solum, Team Leader, Claims, Arendal, of Gard P&I Club explore the subject of container losses, in relation to insurance claims. 

In the aftermath of Storm Pia, Danish beaches are currently undergoing a comprehensive cleanup operation following the loss of numerous containers from a Maersk container ship at sea, before Christmas.

Local emergency responders in Iqaluit, Nunavut, are diligently monitoring and coordinating their response to a recent incident involving shipping containers that fell off a barge on October 27th. 

Samsung Heavy Industries has revealed its Special Structure Anti-Container Loss (SSA-CL) technology to minimize container loss incidents for ships during adverse weather conditions.

With growing container ship capacity and increased numbers of container losses at sea coinciding, ClassNK has published two sets of guidelines to help shipping companies improve cargo safety at sea.

ClassNK has released its latest Technical Journal, focusing on efforts toward the safe operation of progressively larger container ships.