[IMG_3679] In the German Bight, close to the northern Dutch Islands and in stormy weather, the MSC Zoe lost no less then 270 containers. A number of the containers landed on the beaches of some of the islands, this to the delight of and received as a gift from heaven for the local population who a…

Have they ever established if MSC Zoe touched bottom?

No. Dead silence until now, so far nothing has been communicated about what the cause was of the loss of so many containers. Touching the sea bottom would probably cause hull damage. The ship didnot dock but maybe divers inspected the hull for damage. We will have to sit and wait.

It is new to me that MSC hired a Dutch salvage company to bring the lost containers and items ashore. They do this according to a Master Target List provided by Rijkswaterstaat that is based upon the objects found by survey ships in a area of 3000 km2. More information can be found in this Google tr…

[IMG_4443] Researchers are convinced that part of the containers has been driven far away. ‘If the load is only a tiny bit heavier than water, it can take a long time before such a container ends up on the bottom. It roams around under water and can get far. Even in half a day you can be a few mil…

I bet it will turn up on the Norwegian coast somewhere.

[IMG_4851] The victimized Wadden Islands want 225,000 euros, peanuts, in damages from MSC, the Swiss owner of the ship that lost 342 containers in the North Sea in early January. As a result, the coast of the islands became heavily polluted. Mayor Wassink, the Terschelling’s spokesperson, has conf…

[image] Dutchie: I would either seize a MSC container ship or forbid them to enter Dutch ports. Sounds like a good solution. However, doing that might increase the street price of cocaine in Holland.

[image] Dutchie: I would either seize a MSC container ship or forbid them to enter Dutch ports. We would loose tonnage, so be it, probably to Antwerp The route into Antwerp down the Schelde is mostly through Dutch waters is it not?

Follow the money. Who is benefiting by not holding MSC to account?

Sociopaths who judge success in life by how much money and power they can accumulate regardless of the consequences and the patronizing investors who profit from their arrogance?

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MSC Zoe loses 270 containers in North Sea

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