THE severity the shipping accident off Vancouver Island is worse than first reported, according to internal coast guard communications obtained by Canada's CTV News.
The emails show the 4,253-TEU Zim Kingston, en route from Busan to Vancouver, underestimated the number of containers that went overboard in heavy weather.
Originally, the Canadian Coast Guard reported that 40 containers fell from the ship in heavy seas and high winds Friday, but now it appears there are more than 100 containers drifting off Vancouver Island.
Fire aboard is now extinguished, but it is not known how many containers burned. 'The owner now believes that 109 containers were lost in the initial event,' one email says.
The email also confirmed that only two of the containers are believed to contain dangerous goods.
The updated number comes after the owner - Israeli flag carrier Zim Integrated Shipping Services - of the vessel provided information showing 2,000 containers were on board with 1,000 on deck when two caught fire and others fell overboard as the ship approached Vancouver last week.
The stricken Zim Kingston vessel was anchored off Victoria. Shortly after the containers slipped overboard, the vessel also suffered a serious fire inside containers on the ship.
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The emails show the 4,253-TEU Zim Kingston, en route from Busan to Vancouver, underestimated the number of containers that went overboard in heavy weather.
Originally, the Canadian Coast Guard reported that 40 containers fell from the ship in heavy seas and high winds Friday, but now it appears there are more than 100 containers drifting off Vancouver Island.
Fire aboard is now extinguished, but it is not known how many containers burned. 'The owner now believes that 109 containers were lost in the initial event,' one email says.
The email also confirmed that only two of the containers are believed to contain dangerous goods.
The updated number comes after the owner - Israeli flag carrier Zim Integrated Shipping Services - of the vessel provided information showing 2,000 containers were on board with 1,000 on deck when two caught fire and others fell overboard as the ship approached Vancouver last week.
The stricken Zim Kingston vessel was anchored off Victoria. Shortly after the containers slipped overboard, the vessel also suffered a serious fire inside containers on the ship.
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