Nearly 3,000 shipping containers have fallen into the ocean since November
- At any given time, 6,000 containerships are moving the vast majority of global trade on the world’s oceans.
- The average number of annual containership accidents has been on a downtrend for the past decade, but accidents have become more common since the start of the pandemic.
- One factor behind the recent rise in containership accidents could be rising demand for imported goods from U.S. consumers.
bigthink.com/the-present/containership-accidents/Photos: The Worst Containership Disasters in Recent History
The Hanjin Pennsylvania was less than a year out of the shipyard when an explosion occurred in a cargo hold on November 11, 2002, off Sri Lanka during a voyage from Singapore to Germany. Four days after the initial blast, a second explosion rocked the 282-meter vessel. Its source? One or more containers filled with … See more
The 274-meter Hyundai Fortunewas rocked by a powerful explosion while heading west in the Gulf of Aden on March 21, 2006. Dozens of … See more
In January 2007, the 275-meter MSC Napolideveloped a crack and flooding after experiencing heavy weather in the English Channel during a voyage from Belgium to Portugal. All 26 crew … See more
The German-flagged containership MSC Flaminiawas rocked by a series of explosions and a major fire in its cargo holds during a voyage across the North Atlantic in July 2012. Tragically, MSC Flaminia fire is one of three fatal accidents on our list. The blast … See more
Early on October 5, 2011, the 224-meter containership Renastruck the Astrolabe Reef in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty at a speed of about 17 … See more
List of maritime disasters in the 21st …
107 rows · All ships are vulnerable to problems from weather …
See all 107 rows on en.wikipedia.orgYEAR COUNTRY DESCRIPTION DEATHS 2002 Senegal Le Joola – On 26 September, the ... 1,863 2011 Tanzania Spice Islander I, a passenger ferry ... 250–1,573 2015 Libya Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck of 18 ... 1,050–1,100 [2] 2006 Egypt Al-Salam Boccaccio 98 – On 3 February, ... 1,020
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