Mv Zim Kingston

• Canada not equipped to respond to marine emergencies, report into ZIM Kingston finds

  The ZIM Kingston, with 21 crew members, was waiting for anchorage outside the Juan de Fuca Strait when a "series of side-to-side" rolls caused 109 containers to fall overboard.

  Investigations

  Jul 31, 2024
  
• More than 20 coolers wash up in Alaska from MV Zim Kingston cargo spill

  Duke Marolf, who works for a marine welding company in Seward, said he had seen posts on Instagram about coolers washing ashore and decided to check it out himself in August.

  Environment

  Dec 9, 2022
  
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• Months later, only four of 109 missing containers from MV Zim Kingston have been found

  The 109 shipping contains fell from the MV Zim Kingston in stormy waters last October, roughly 41 nautical miles west of the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

  Environment

  Jan 24, 2022
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• ‘No sign’ of 105 containers from cargo ship in B.C. waters: coast guard

  The Canadian Coast Guard says it believes that many, if not all, of the 109 containers that fell from a cargo ship off Victoria in late October have sunk.

  Environment

  Nov 11, 2021
• B.C. businesses feeling supply crunch from container ship mishap

  While 109 containers were lost from the MV Zim Kingston, the vessel's entire manifest of some 2,000 containers remains aboard with no clear timeline for release.

  Canada

  Nov 6, 2021
• Cargo containers from MV Zim Kingston rupture in Cape Scott Provincial park

  A helicopter overflight Thursday discovered containers in Shuttleworth Bight and Sea Otter Cove have ruptured, spilling debris onto the remote beaches.

  Environment

  Nov 5, 2021
• Eyes turn to lost container cleanup as fire extinguished on cargo ship in B.C.

  Only four of 109 lost cargo containers have been located. Those containers have washed ashore on the Vancouver Island coast where an extensive cleanup will be required.

  Environment

  Oct 29, 2021
• Container from cargo ship breaks open on shore of northern Vancouver Island

  The ship's owner has hired a contractor to recover the containers, the coast guard said.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2021
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• Coast guard now believes more than 100 containers fell from MV Zim Kingston cargo ship

  The coast guard said the crews were able to safely conduct a more thorough survey of the ship’s bays on Tuesday now that the fire is under control.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2021
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• Shipping containers lost off B.C. coast could reach shore, says coast guard

  The Canadian Coast Guard said it may take another two to three days to ready the vessel for further salvage actions.

  News

  Oct 26, 2021