loose containers

[ghost]

I know a girl that works in shipping insurance, she told me the annual global average of containers 'lost overboard' to year 2004
Multiple guess kids a,b or c

A....5-12 thousand
B....13-20 k
C....20 thou + ?

 

[Captain Haddock]

I'll go for C

 

[TheBoatman]

I can't believe that any of those choices are correct!
The last figure that I heard was 1400?
Even if you take your lowest figure of 5K thats an awful lot of container ships worth per year!

 

[PaulJ]

The figure I heard, which was for a few years ago, was 10K..... which made me glad I'd gone for steel!

Paul.

 

[landaftaf]

maybe this link will help

even 2000 sounds a lot but the reassuring news is they dont often float for long


http://www.veromarine.co.nz/dirvz/marine/marine.nsf/Content/PhotoFeature0007

 

[sailorbob]

So did Dame E hit a container or a whale in the Mid-Atlantic?

 

[Sgeir]

It does look like a little bit of a PR puff for the heavy marine insurance industry and its clients. Whether a container sinks or floats will be largely dependent on its contents IMHO.