At any given point in time, more than 6,000 vessels carrying containers are sailing the world’s seas. While ship fires and capsizes make international headlines, container losses actually are few and far between, according to the World Shipping Council (WSC).
In fact, an average of only 1,382 containers were lost at sea per year between 2008 and 2019, the WSC said in a report released Wednesday. That represents less than one-1,000th — or .0006% — of the roughly 226 million shipped each year...
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