News / Large swell in 22-knot wind caused idling Madrid Bridge to roll and lose boxes

The Madrid Bridge (photo: gCaptain)

New evidence has emerged as to the cause of the container collapse on the ONE-operated Madrid Bridge, which has the dubious distinction of being the first overboard box incident of 2022.

An initial investigation – a copy of which has been passed to The Loadstar – reveals that the vessel had begun idling south of the Azores, in the mid-Atlantic, on 2 January to delay its arrival at the port of New York.

However, on 7 January, a large swell, along with 22-knot ...