Large swell in 22-knot wind caused idling Madrid Bridge to roll and lose boxes

New evidence has emerged as to the cause of the container collapse on the ONE-operated Madrid Bridge, which has the dubious distinction of being the first overboard box incident of 2022.
An initial investigation – a copy of which has been passed to The Loadstar – reveals that the vessel had begun idling south of the Azores, in the mid-Atlantic, on 2 January to delay its arrival at the port of New …

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Madrid Bridge to berth in Charleston

The 13,900 TEU container ship Madrid Bridge, which suffered a container collapse in the North Atlantic Ocean on 7 January, is now heading to Charleston, to berth in Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal.

Ocean Network Express (ONE)-operated new panamax vessel, serving on THE Alliance’s East Coast 4 (EC4) service, is expected to arrive in the US port on 23 January, according to data from the ship tracker Marine Traffic.

The 2018-built boxship, which lost a large amount of container during its transit to the...

https://container-news.com/madrid-bridge-to-berth-in-charleston/

ONE’s Madird Bridge lost at least 30 containers overboard

The 2018-built container ship Madrid Bridge, which suffered a container collapse on 7 January in the North Atlantic Ocean, has lost at least 30 boxes overboard.

“It is not currently clear how extensive the collapse of stow is but it is reported that the vessel lost at least 30 containers overboard,” reported cargo claims specialist, WK Webster, which added that recovery issues will arise in respect of any cargo lost overboard and damage sustained by cargo stowed to other containers involved in...

https://container-news.com/ones-madird-bridge-lost-at-least-30-containers-overboard/

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