MSC Zoe departs Bremerhaven for Gdansk

Τhe container ship “MSC Zoe” has departed Bremerhaven for Gdansk, having received the required class certificate and release by the port for onward sailing. The estimated arrival time is 22:00 hrs local time on 18 January.

A small amount of cargo had to be discharged in Bremerhaven due to damage and specific details follow the explanation below.

Background

MSC Zoe had been undergoing cargo operations at the Eurogate Terminal since 4 January following a heavy-weather incident in the North Sea, in...

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MSC starts clean up of Dutch waters after container spill (Reuters)

“The clean up will likely take months”, Dutch water authorities spokesman Edwin de Feijter said on Saturday (Jan. 12). “The largest part of the debris has been located, but there are still parts missing.”

291 containers, some holding hazardous chemicals, fell off one of the world’s largest container ships, the MSC Zoe, on Jan. 2 in German waters near the island of Borkum during a North Sea storm.

Two salvage ships left the harbor at IJmuiden, near Amsterdam, on Friday night, heading towards a...

http://container-news.com/msc-starts-clean-up-dutch-waters-container-spill/

MSC Zoe accident update: Clean-up operations continue in North Sea

MSC Zoe lost around 270 boxes during the accident on January 2. A heavy storm in the North Sea was the main cause of the accident.

The shipping giant launched immediately the clean-up operation. Three days later, MSC promised to find every container, limiting as more as possible the environmental pollution. In addition, the company pledged to cover all the costs of the containers search and the North Sea clean-up.

Many cargoes from the boxes began washing up on beaches in the region. The...

http://container-news.com/msc-zoe-accident-update/

MSC: Significant progress in the North Sea cleanup

MSC confirms that significant progress has been made in an unprecedented clean-up operation in the North Sea and on the beaches of the Netherlands and Germany. The company thanks the authorities and volunteers in these countries for their support in the response.

More than 250 containers fell from the ship “MSC Zoe” during a night of heavy weather on 2 January.

“MSC responded as quickly as possible to the incident and immediately engaged Ardent Global, internationally-renown experts in marine...

http://container-news.com/msc-progress-north-sea-cleanup/

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