The containers slipped off the MSC Chloe container vessel after a huge swell while drifting about 22 nautical miles from the harbour late last week
The containers slipped off the MSC Chloe container vessel after a huge swell while drifting about 22 nautical miles from the harbour late last week. At the time the vessel was awaiting berthing instructions. 'MSC has confirmed the contents of the containers as general cargo ranging from cardboard boxes‚ plastic bottles‚ machinery shafts and agricultural supplies‚' the Samsa statement said. 'No lost container contained any IMDG [international maritime dangerous goods] cargo or marine pollutants. 'Reportedly the vessel was drifting and awaiting berthing instructions when a huge swell struck … and caused the vessel to roll about 30 degrees on either side, thus leading to the containers falling off their stacked position‚' Samsa said in the statement.
