Over 20,000 shipping containers have fallen overboard since 2010, their contents polluting shorelines and habitats.

Forty shipping containers fell into the waters off the Washington coast Friday due to rough seas. The U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Northwest received a report of lost cargo from the Zim Kingston at ...

A Seattle-bound cargo ship has spilled an estimated 90 shipping containers into the North Pacific between Russia and the United States.

Around 40 shipping containers went overboard when a cargo ship hit rough seas on Friday. A fire broke out Saturday on the same ship, the Zim Kingston, while anchored near Vancouver Island.

With all the different accidents out at sea where cargo ships lose dozens of shipping containers, it makes one wonder exactly how they're secured to the vessel.

The ship that spilled more than a hundred cargo containers off the Washington coast, then caught fire has made it safely into port. The same cannot be said for much of the Zim Kingston’s cargo.

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Container ships facilitate import and export for countries around the world, which means they need to carry so many tons of cargo to keep up with demand.