Containers fall from Maersk ship off North Carolina in heavy seas

Release time： 2018-03-14 Browsing：1191次

MORE than seventy containers fell off a Maersk vessel off the coast of North Carolina, prompting the US Coast Guard (USCG) to issue a warning to mariners that they should navigate the area with caution.

The containers, numbering between 70 and 73, came off the 2016-built Maersk Shanghai last Saturday night while the ship was about 20 miles from Oregon Inlet, North Carolina. The ship was en route from Norfolk, Virginia to Charleston, South Carolina.

The 10,081 TEU vessel alerted Sector North Carolina's command centre after the containers were lost in high winds and heavy seas, according to Singapore's Splash 247.

America's east coast has been experiencing violent winds, approaching hurricane force, rain and flooding over the past weekend.