Cargo Loss Overboard Containership

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  • OOCL Rauma reported at least 5 containers lost overboard in the North coast of Netherlands.
  • The ship was en route from Kotka Finland to Rotterdam, sailing at a reduced speed against strong wind and rough seas.

Dutch container ship OOCL Rauma lost five containers overboard, reports Erofey Schkvarkin for Maritime Bulletin.

Containers lost overboard

Container ship OOCL Rauma, at around 1430 UTC, reported to Dutch Coast Guard at least 5 containers lost overboard some 25 nm N of Ameland island, West Frisian Islands, north coast of the Netherlands, on 11th February.

The ship was en route from Kotka Finland to Rotterdam, sailing at a reduced speed since around 1200 UTC, against strong wind and rough seas.

CG tug GUARDIAN (IMO 9637363) was sent to assist the troubled containership. As of 1530 UTC she was slowly moving west at some 2 knots speed.

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Source: Maritime Bulletin