Containers in NC

[boathealer]

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/1df7483

 

[Alaskan Sea-Duction]

Keep them on that side !!! Hitting one of those would ruin your day and they are hard to see. Running in the dark.......scary stuff.

 

[Ski in NC]

Yep, scary stuff at night. They can float with one corner a foot out of the water, and radar won't pick them up. Bad juju.

 

[Woodland Hills]

Like drifting logs in the PNW, only a lot less common....... Then again they will probably do more damage if you are unlucky enough to hit one!

 

[porman]

ASD they're already here. A couple years ago a friend of ours hit one coming down the inside passage. Caused a lot of damage.

 

[Alaskan Sea-Duction]

Boy that is scary porman. Saw a lot of stuff but not a container yet. Logs are hard enough to see sometimes...

 

[Sailor of Fortune]

Hitting a container would ruin anyones running gear. I think the odds of running into a container at sea, day or night are about the same as getting hit by lightning. I worry about a lot of things at sea, containers are at the bottom of the list.

 

[Alaskan Sea-Duction]

More info:

Large Containership Loses About 70 Containers Overboard Off U.S. East Coast – gCaptain

 

[Alaskan Sea-Duction]

Update: Message from Company

Maersk Line Addresses Loss of Containers from Ship Off U.S. East Coast – gCaptain

 

[Alaskan Sea-Duction]

Another Update:

Maersk Shanghai Heads to Bahamas for Salvage of Collapsed Containers – gCaptain

 

[Alaskan Sea-Duction]

Another Update

U.S. Authorities Monitoring 76 Containers Lost from Maersk Ship Off North Carolina – gCaptain

 

[Larry M]

I saw that. It doesn’t look like most them floated for very long. I like the idea of the tracking devices and the lights on the two they’ve found.