MAERSK Shanghai Lost Containers; 17 Miles off Oregon Inlet, North Carolina
17 Miles off Oregon Inlet, North Carolina | 2018-Mar-05
Initial Notification: On 5 March, 2018, USCG Sector North Carolina notified the NOAA SSC that due to high winds, approximately 70 containers fell off the MAERSK SHANHAI, a container ship transiting 17 miles off the cost of Oregon Inlet, North Carolina on the evening of 3 March 2018. USCG requested information on hazmat contained in the lost containers.
Incident Details
| Primary threat: | Chemical |
| Products of concern: | 76 40 foot long shipping containers |
| Latitude (approximate): | 34° 58.80′ North |
| Longitude (approximate): | 75° 37.80′ West |
| On-Water Recovery: | Evaluated but not used |
| Shoreline Cleanup: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Dispersants: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| In-Situ Burn: | Unknown/Not applicable |
| Bioremediation: | Unknown/Not applicable |