Hurricane-force winds battered the Svendborg Maersk as it sailed around the Atlantic coast of Europe on February 14th 2014. The Danish ship lost cargo including millions of cigarettes after it was hit with 30ft waves and 60 knot winds off the coast of Northern France. Captions and Photo source: ©© Paul Townsend
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On the same shores where nautical-themed Lego pieces wash up daily, thousands of neon-pink bottles full of detergent have started littering the beaches of Cornwall, England.
The bottles are believed to be from a container that fell off a cargo ship as a result of stormy seas.
The environmental impact is multiplied when considering the contents of the container and their effect on the ocean’s ecosystem…
Thousands Of Containers Fall Off Ships Every Year. What Happens To Them?, Huffington Green (07-17-2014)
It is estimated that thousands of containers are lost every year along international shipping routes due to big waves or wind gusts. Sometimes they wash up on shore, but what happens to the containers that land at the bottom of the sea? No one really knew…
Worldwide Ship Traffic Up 300 Percent Since 1992, AGU (11-29-2014)
Maritime traffic on the world’s oceans has increased four-fold over the past 20 years, likely causing more water, air and noise pollution on the open seas, according to a new study quantifying global ship traffic…
Super-sized ships: How big can they get? Independent UK (10-20-2014)
Despite the physical limits and risks, ships of more than 450m are anticipated within the next five years…
Breaking Bad on the Beach, NASA / Earth Observatory (09-28-2014)
Tens of thousands of ships ply the world’s oceans, bays, and rivers. But what happens when those ships have become too old or too expensive to operate? In most cases, they end up on the shores of Asia…literally.
