The non-profit Clear Seas: Centre for Responsible Marine Shipping in Canada says an average of 1,382 containers were lost at sea between 20. The incident is a reminder that the North Pacific “can be a pretty harsh place,” Lewis-Manning said. The ship made it to Constance Bank off Victoria, where it remains after an on-board fire ripped through a number of containers. It would feel like the bridge was going into the water.” If they come off, “That’s pretty significant weather that causes that … It has to be pretty violent when it happens,” he said, adding a large vessel listing by 35 degrees indicates a pretty severe storm. “They are actually fastened to each other and fastened to the hull of the ship.” It’s uncommon for stacked containers to come off a vessel, said Lewis-Manning, noting container ships are designed for rough weather.
Coast Guard has said the Zim Kingston listed 35 degrees in heavy weather, resulting in the loss of containers. In the wake of an incident where a ship lost 109 containers overboard off the west coast of Vancouver Island, Robert Lewis-Manning, president of the Chamber of Shipping in Canada, said Wednesday that climate change is “100 per cent on our radar.” Ships are facing harsher weather as storms in the North Pacific grow more severe as a result of climate change, says the head of a marine transportation industry association.
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