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Zorro

(15,740 posts) Thu Jan 3, 2019, 10:06 PM Jan 2019

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MSC Zoe: Islands hit as 270 containers fall off ship

Extensive debris has washed up on islands off the Dutch north coast after some 270 containers including chemicals fell off a cargo ship in a storm.

As the extent of pollution became clear on five islands including Terschelling, coastguards searched the North Sea for missing containers.

The cargo fell off the MSC Zoe near the German island of Borkum, but the tide carried many of them to the south-west.

Initial images showed children's toys and TVs on Dutch beaches.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46746312

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MSC Zoe: Islands hit as 270 containers fall off ship (Original Post) Zorro Jan 2019 OP

Hers's another link to a very respected maritime web site. GP6971 Jan 2019 #1

GP6971

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1. Hers's another link to a very respected maritime web site.

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Thu Jan 3, 2019, 10:18 PM

Jan 2019

https://gcaptain.com/msc-zoe-docks-in-germany-after-losing-270-containers-overboard-in-stormy-weather/

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