Number of containers lost at sea hits record-low level

The number of boxes going overboard while sailing hit its lowest level last year since 2008, writes the World Shipping Council. 
A container ship from MSC, but not MSC Shristi, that lost containers off Bermuda. | Photo: Pr/msc
A container ship from MSC, but not MSC Shristi, that lost containers off Bermuda. | Photo: Pr/msc

After several years where the large shipping companies have lost an unusually large number of containers at sea, the trend has now turned.

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