A cargo ship caught in rough North Sea weather lost at least 270 containers, including four holding potentially dangerous substances, the Dutch and German coastguards said Wednesday.
A cargo ship headed for Germany's Bremerhaven which was caught in rough North Sea weather lost at least 270 containers, including four holding potentially dangerous substances, the Dutch and German coastguards said Wednesday.
The container ship MSC ZOE, which lost up to 270 containers in rough North Sea weather. Photo: Havariekommando/DPA.
The Panama-registered MSC Zoe shed the containers containing mostly toys, furniture and auto spare parts while battling a storm, that was dubbed 'Zeetje' off the Frisian Islands, an archipelago off the northwestern Dutch coast also known as the Wadden
Islands.
The storm also caused flooding and other damage in northern Germany.
The Dutch coastguard tweeted that three of the containers contained, in powder form, highly flammable, potentially dangerous organic peroxides used in making plastics which can cause irritation if breathed in.
https://www.thelocal.de/20190103/ship-loses-potentially-dangerous-cargo-in-north-sea-coastguard
https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/0...iners-in-north-sea-some-with-dangerous-cargo/
https://gcaptain.com/msc-zoe-joins-ranks-as-worlds-largest-containership/
A cargo ship headed for Germany's Bremerhaven which was caught in rough North Sea weather lost at least 270 containers, including four holding potentially dangerous substances, the Dutch and German coastguards said Wednesday.
The container ship MSC ZOE, which lost up to 270 containers in rough North Sea weather. Photo: Havariekommando/DPA.
The Panama-registered MSC Zoe shed the containers containing mostly toys, furniture and auto spare parts while battling a storm, that was dubbed 'Zeetje' off the Frisian Islands, an archipelago off the northwestern Dutch coast also known as the Wadden
Islands.
The storm also caused flooding and other damage in northern Germany.
The Dutch coastguard tweeted that three of the containers contained, in powder form, highly flammable, potentially dangerous organic peroxides used in making plastics which can cause irritation if breathed in.
https://www.thelocal.de/20190103/ship-loses-potentially-dangerous-cargo-in-north-sea-coastguard
https://maritimebulletin.net/2019/0...iners-in-north-sea-some-with-dangerous-cargo/
https://gcaptain.com/msc-zoe-joins-ranks-as-worlds-largest-containership/