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This video (in portuguese) about container lost at sea is important to a overview of the problem.
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its annual Containers Lost at Sea report, shedding light on encouraging developments regarding container safety in the international liner shipping industry.
According to the report, the number of containers lost at sea fell to just 661 in 2022, marking a significant drop from the two years prior primarily due to a dearth of significant-loss events last year.
The number highlights the industry’s strides in improving container safety, but also serves as a reminder of the constant vigilance required to ensure the well-being crews and the safeguarding of valuable cargo and the environment.
Generally the damages caused by the carrier to the shipper with the loss shall be paid by the carrier or the NVOCC, due to the obligations concerned to the bill of lading.
As a former Deck Officer of container ships, I had to fiscalize the lashing of ctns and as maritime lawyer and professor since 1992, maritime civil liability is one of the most importants themes of the Maritime Law, and object of research by many legal scholars.
Thus, I have advised dissertations and published legal papers and two books:
"Limitation of civil liability on Maritime transport", Renovar, 2016, 276 p., together with Professor PhD Norman Martinez, Director of IMO IMLI.
"Maritime and Port Contracts – Civil Liability" (organizer) Aduaneiras - Informação Sem Fronteiras, 2015, 548 p.
The WSC notes that container safety is a shared responsibility across the supply chain. Key factors include proper packing, stowage, securing of containers, and accurate weight reporting.
Daily, liner carriers collaborate with partners to prevent incidents and ensure safe container transport.
Of the estimated 250 million containers shipped annually, the 661 containers lost represent a mere 0.00026%, translating to a significantly low loss compared to the more than $7 trillion in cargo transported each year. In terms of percentage, 2022 marked the lowest loss rate since the start of the survey in 2008.
Over the fifteen-year period surveyed (2008-2022), an average of 1,566 containers were lost at sea each year.
Source: gCaptain
The average number of containers lost for the last three years (2020-2022) now stands at 2,301 containers per year, a significant rise from the 779 lost on average each year during the previous three years (2017-2019).
Shippers, NVOCCs and carriers shall keep informed about this theme.
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