News / Questions raised over why Zim Kingston failed to take shelter from storm

Tracking of Zim Kingston, midnight 20 October to midnight 23 October. Courtesy of VesselsValue.

Maritime experts in Vancouver have questioned the movement of the damaged Zim Kingston, prior to the vessel being hit by a storm, and why it had not entered the safety of sheltered waters.

This, it is claimed, may have prevented the stack collapse that precipitated the fire in board last weekend.

International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) convenor Peter Lahay told CTV News that the vessel was “tracking” outside the Juan de Fuca Strait at around 2.5 to 3 knots immediately before the storm, ...