2024-02-01 20:19:00
The MOL Comfort ship operated by Mitsui OSK Lines became the “record holder” in the number of one-time lost cargoes. In June 2013, about 200 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen, due to bad weather and strong waves, a crack appeared in the ship’s hull, resulting in the ship breaking in two. A total of 4,293 containers were lost in the accident, while the crew of 26 people were rescued safely.
Around 600 containers ended up on the sea surface or on the bottom in an accident on the ship Angel off the coast of Taiwan. A serious fault with the vessel appeared allegedly on July 24, 2023. The ship, which eventually sank, poses a danger especially to fishing around the city of Kaohsiung due to the amount of fuel in the tanks and the contents of the lost containers.
The ONE Apus vessel operated by Ocean Network Express (ONE) took care of the largest loss of containers since 2013. In late November 2020, about 1,600 nautical miles from Hawaii, the weather worsened to the point where waves were up to 16 meters high. A total of 1,816 containers fell overboard, of which 64 contained dangerous cargo. In addition, around 1,000 containers that were unloaded in Kobe, Japan, were significantly damaged.
According to data from the World Shipping Council (WSC), between 2008-2022, an average of 1,566 shipping containers were lost at sea per year, with a total of 661 overboard vessels in 2022. During the mapped period, the greatest losses occurred in 2013, when over 5,500 containers ended up at the bottom.
Container shipping in numbers
- 95% of the world’s volume of goods is transported by sea
- 80% of all shipping containers come from just three Chinese manufacturers, namely CXIC, DFIC and CIMC
- By 2027, the financial volume of this transportation industry is expected to reach 12 billion USD (267.52 billion crowns)
- At the end of 2022, there were 5307 container ships in operation
- The average lifespan of a shipping container is about 20 years
- European companies control approximately 39.5% of the world’s merchant fleet
(Data taken from thomasnet.com)
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