The South Korean containership SM Portland has reported significant cargo damage and container losses while transiting to Vancouver through the Bering Sea. According to a March 5th customer alert from…
https://gcaptain.com/korean-containership-loses-boxes-battling-bering-sea-storm/
The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has initiated a search operation for five empty containers lost overboard by the MV MSC Taranto, a Mediterranean Shipping Company containership, off the…
https://gcaptain.com/south-africa-launches-another-search-for-lost-containers/
The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) is actively investigating the source of pharmaceutical bottles washing up along the country’s eastern coastline. The incident comes amid a surge in container…
An MSC ship has lost dozens of containers overboard after encountering severe winter weather off the coast of South Africa, marking the third such incident in two months as more…
https://gcaptain.com/cargo-losses-surge-off-south-african-coast-amid-red-sea-rerouting/
A CMA CGM containership lost some 99 containers overboard in heavy weather last week off the east coast of South Africa, the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has reported….
https://gcaptain.com/severe-weather-causes-container-loss-off-south-african-coast/
A CMA CGM containership lost 44 containers overboard amid heavy weather off the coast of South Africa on Tuesday. The incident occurred while the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin was en…
https://gcaptain.com/cma-cgm-containership-loses-44-containers-in-heavy-weather-off-south-africa/
The Cargo Integrity Group, an industry collective dedicated to improving safety in the global supply chain, has identified fifteen specific goods commonly transported in containers that can pose serious threats…
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has praised the approval of the recently adopted amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), requiring mandatory reporting of…
https://gcaptain.com/new-solas-regulations-on-reporting-containers-lost-at-sea/
Norwegian marine insurance group Gard has released a comprehensive new study exploring the effects of weather on the collapse of container stacks. The research sheds light on the increasing risk…
https://gcaptain.com/new-study-looks-at-impact-of-weather-on-container-stack-stability/
Recovery operations are underway after a Canadian cargo ship lost about 20 containers overboard in northeastern Canada on Friday. The cargo loss involved the M/V Sivumut operated by NEAS near the Port…
https://gcaptain.com/cargo-ship-loses-containers-in-northern-canada/