Another Maersk ship loses hundreds of boxes overboard in the Pacific reports Splash 247.
Casualty on the Pacific
The Maersk Eindhoven 13,100 teu, became the latest boxship casualty in the Pacific. She suffered a blackout while en route to California and a subsequent loss of hundreds of containers overboard.
The accident happened near Japan as the 11-year-old ship made its way from Xiamen in China to Los Angeles.
According to reports, the crew is safe and propulsion restored. The vessel tracking suggests the ship has turned around and is making for an Asian port.
What happened?
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), which is a vessel partner with Maersk, stated on its site that because of the engine stop in heavy weather, the Maersk Eindhoven had lost “several hundred” containers overboard – the sixth reported incident of boxes lost at sea since November 30.
Heavy weather
Vessel tracking provided by MarineTraffic shows the heavy weather the Maersk Eindhoven encountered.
Previous incident
Last month around 750 boxes fell off the Maersk Essen, a sister ship to the Maersk Eindhoven, both built at Hyundai Heavy Industries, also while sailing from Xiamen to Los Angeles.
That ship diverted to Mexico and the Port of Lazaro Cardenas and is now tentatively set to weigh anchor in two days’ time and make for Los Angeles.
A video of the Maersk Essen coming to dock in Mexico last month is carried below.
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Source: Splash 247
