Bit more info: ‘Ocean Network Express (ONE) estimates that 1,816 boxes fell into the ocean during a storm as the Japanese-flagged ship crossed the Pacific to California last week. Of the 1,816 units lost, 64 contained dangerous goods, including fireworks, batteries and liquid ethanol.
As well as the lost boxes, there are thousands that have fallen on deck as these social media images taken today clearly show. Cargo claims are expected to top $50m from the accident, the worst container loss since 2013’.
$50 million seems like nothing for such a large loss of containers. That’s only ~$28,000 worth of goods per container. With how big a cargo container is, it doesn’t seem like much.
MV_MerchantMan on December 8th, 2020 at 09:15 UTC »
Bit more info: ‘Ocean Network Express (ONE) estimates that 1,816 boxes fell into the ocean during a storm as the Japanese-flagged ship crossed the Pacific to California last week. Of the 1,816 units lost, 64 contained dangerous goods, including fireworks, batteries and liquid ethanol.
As well as the lost boxes, there are thousands that have fallen on deck as these social media images taken today clearly show. Cargo claims are expected to top $50m from the accident, the worst container loss since 2013’.
anjuna127 on December 8th, 2020 at 09:36 UTC »
54 of the Dangerous Goods containers carried fireworks, eight held batteries and two contained liquid ethanol.
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Sammyo28 on December 8th, 2020 at 10:15 UTC »
$50 million seems like nothing for such a large loss of containers. That’s only ~$28,000 worth of goods per container. With how big a cargo container is, it doesn’t seem like much.