More containers lost off Isle of Wight

[wrr]

CONTAINERS LOST OFF ISLE OF WIGHT COAST AS CARGO VESSELS BATTERED BY STORM GORETTI

The shipping industry has again littered local waters with semi-submerged hazards!

 

[SimonX]

Ah, sneaky tactics to bypass those Brexit checks!

 

[billyfish]

What on earth is going on . Are they trying to sink us all . I've hit one once not a experience I want to repeat.

 

[Boathook]

What on earth is going on . Are they trying to sink us all . I've hit one once not a experience I want to repeat.

I agree. What is happening for these containers to come off a ship. Is the shipping industry taking short cuts as to securing containers as they are only going across the channel ?

 

[smert]

I suspect that as the cost of being alongside in port is so high, and so turnaround time is getting tighter, the crews are having to prep for unloading well before the ship is tied up.

 

[Bajansailor]

Re the article, it mentions the ships Lombok Strait and Baltic Klipper - these are both fast refrigerated cargo vessels in the Geest Line which has weekly sailings from Portsmouth to the Caribbean.
Home Page - Geest Line
Barbados is usually their first port of call, and they usually arrive on a Monday or Tuesday - but Luzon Strait did not arrive here until Friday this week.
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They normally take 9 or 10 days for the transatlantic passage. They are all sailing on very tight schedules, and even though they can sail at 18 or 19 knots, they can still caught in heavy weather.
We have had a few survey assignments here in the past onboard Geest vessels where deck cargo / containers were damaged, usually while crossing Biscay on the voyage out here.
And I remember one time when two containers that were being carried as deck cargo on a hatch cover jumped overboard while the vessel was underway between two of the Windward Islands - the wind was typical winter tradewinds (perhaps 20 - 25 knots) and the seas were on the beam, causing the vessel to roll heavily.
Unfortunately the containers were carrying very expensive rally cars (they were either going to Barbados for a rally, or returning to UK - it was a long time ago now) - the owners were not amused.