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Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open? (apnews.com)

submitted 1 month ago by hedge@beehaw.org to c/environment@beehaw.org

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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Cargo ships can lose anywhere from a single container to hundreds at a time in rough seas

Much of the debris that washed up on Lewis’ beach matched items lost off the giant cargo ship ONE Apus in November 2020. When the ship hit heavy swells on a voyage from China to California, nearly 2,000 containers slid into the Pacific

Court documents and industry reports show the vessel was carrying...hazardous goods: batteries, ethanol and 54 containers of fireworks.

D:<

[–] SamVimes@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ironically the hazardous (to people) goods may well be better for the ocean than most of the rest. Ethanol should disperse well enough and not cause much issue. Fireworks are mostly cardboard. Still a horror show though.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago

Fireworks are mostly cardboard.

Cardboard, and... black powder and various metals or salts as colorants.

They're probably not a catastrophe, but they're certainly not helping the environment.