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Maersk Essen loses 750 containers, sails for Mexico
Berthing date of storm-battered vessel had been in question in congested San Pedro Bay
3 4,781 3 minutes read The Maersk Essen lost 750 containers overboard Saturday en route from China to Los Angeles. (Photo: Flickr/kees torn)
It’s happened again. Hundreds of containers carrying goods such as furniture, fitness equipment and electronics have fallen overboard from a California-bound ship.
This time it was the Maersk Essen en route from Xiamen, China, to the Port of Los Angeles last Saturday when, according to the ocean carrier, the container ship experienced a “rough sea encounter.”
The Danish-flagged Essen, with a capacity of 13,100 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), sails on Maersk’s TP6 Asia-U.S. West Coast service. The Essen “experienced heavy seas during her North Pacific crossing,” Maersk said, “resulting in the loss of approximately 750 containers overboard.”