Container ship containers collapse, loss, Eastern US Coast

Container ship HELSINKI BRIDGE berthed at Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, on Mar 6, a week behind schedule. The ship went into trouble on the way from Boston to Wilmington on Feb 27, several containers stacks toppled, as can be seen on photos. Highly probably, some containers were lost overboard. HELSINKI BRIDGE was anchored off Wilmington from Feb 28 until Mar 6, cause or causes unknown, and there may be several. Photos www.wwaytv3.com WWAY3, Wilmington.
Container ship HELSINKI BRIDGE, IMO 9588081, dwt 96980, capacity 8930 TEU, built 2012, flag Panama, manager K LINE.

// Mikhail Voytenko

My name is Mikhail Voytenko, I’m Russian, professional merchant marine navigator, by education and former experience. I own and run Maritime Bulletin website for more than 10 years. I've been involved in solving a number of piracy hijack cases, including the hijack of ro-ro FAINA, loaded with tanks. It was me who made public, and unravel, freighter ARCTIC SEA mystery. I've been also closely involved in a number of maritime disaster, one of them being MSC FLAMINIA major fire.

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