hundreds of containers were lost at the beginning of the month on Board the “MSC Zoe”, now the recovery has begun. It is likely to take months. Want to pay for all the shipping from Switzerland.
More than two weeks after the sinking of the giant container ship “MSC Zoe” in the North sea, has begun the rescue of nearly 300 containers. The Dutch government is informed. A salvage ship is used, therefore, to the mouth of the EMS near the German border and a second to the North of the Dutch Wadden sea island of Terschelling. The recovery is, according to the authorities, is very complex and can take several months.
most of The containers were detected ships on the very busy Route of cargo. Due to unfavorable weather, the salvage operation was postponed several times.
Overturned containers aboard the “MSC Zoe”. The ship lost hundreds of such containers.
most of The containers sank in front of the Netherlands
The “MSC Zoe” is one of the largest container ships in the world. She had on the night of the 2. January lost on the way to Bremerhaven in stormy seas 291 containers, including two with hazardous materials. Most of the containers fell and lie close to the Dutch Wadden sea Islands, about 20 were located in Borkum. Around 20 more containers were washing up on the coasts.
The beaches were littered with debris from the containers, especially plastic and packaging waste. Several fishing boats are now in the salvage area, to potential waste from damaged containers to smooth out.
The Swiss shipping company MSC had agreed to assume all costs for salvage and clean-up.
Bad weather prevented the Container-salvage, 12.01.2019 most of the Container of the “MSC Zoe” found 07.01.2019
