One vessel lost 17 containers near the Nab Tower and seven containers fell from a second vessel south of St Catherine's Point just before midnight, according to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA).

HM Coastguard says it is monitoring the situation and sending up an aircraft.

From January 2026, shipping companies can no longer keep container losses at sea largely out of sight. A new global rule makes it mandatory to report containers lost overboard or spotted drifting on ...

A container is washed up in Elmer after three ships recently lost cargo near the Isle of Wight.

Up to six shipping containers have been spotted floating in the sea to the south-east of the Isle of Wight after vessels lost cargo during Storm Goretti.

A number of shipping containers went into the sea after falling overboard from vessels off the Isle of Wight last night (Thursday), amid Storm Goretti.

The World Shipping Council (“WSC”) recently released its Containers Lost at Sea Report 2025 compiling global data on cargo lost at sea from the previous year and promoting loss prevention ...

Winds driven by Storm Goretti have caused 17 cargo containers to be lost at sea near the Isle of Wight after they fell from ...

A number of shipping containers went into the sea after falling overboard from vessels off the Isle of Wight on Thursday amid Storm Goretti.

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has released its annual Containers Lost at Sea report, showing that 576 containers were lost at sea in 2024. While this represents an increase from the record-low 221 ...

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