Zim Kingston: 3 Months Passed, Still No Sign Of Most Containers That Fell Overboard

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Three months after 109 shipping containers fell overboard in the waters off British Columbia, Canada, 105 of them remain missing. The Canadian Coast Guard said four of MV Zim Kingston’s containers that had fallen overboard washed up on Vancouver Island; however, the remainder remains missing.

The coast guard said in a statement to Global News that despite efforts, it had failed to account for the location of the containers. It would deploy a sonar scan of the area and attempt to gauge the...

https://www.marineinsight.com/marine/zim-kingston-3-months-passed-still-no-sign-of-most-containers-that-fell-overboard/

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