Zim Kingston

• 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.

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  Dec 9, 2022
  
• ‘Slow-moving disaster’: Group wants urgent action on cargo spills in B.C.

  A group that's been cleaning up debris from a cargo ship that lost 109 containers off the B.C. coast says the incident should be a wake-up call to the need for more urgent action.

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  Mar 6, 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.

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  Jan 24, 2022
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• Cargo ship that lost containers, caught fire in B.C. waters finally moving to port

  The unified command managing response to the MV Zim Kingston incident said the vessel is proceeding to an anchorage in Nanaimo, B.C., on Friday.

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  Dec 3, 2021
• ‘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
• Refrigerators, Styrofoam and debris from cargo ship cleaned off B.C. beach

  As beach cleanup continued, cargo stabilization efforts took place aboard the MV Zim Kingston. The results of a class inspection are being reviewed by Transport Canada.

  Environment

  Nov 2, 2021
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• Kwakiutl chief fears cargo containers could have lasting environmental impact on B.C. coast

  Four lost cargo containers have washed up on Vancouver Island while more than 100 remain unaccounted for after breaking free from the MV Zim Kingston.

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  Oct 30, 2021
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• 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