Slow progress cleaning up containers aboard ONE Apus

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By Gavin van Marle

06/01/2021

Shippers with cargo onboard the ONE Apus are in for a long wait to find out the condition of their goods, according to this report from Maritime Executive. It notes that to the end of last year, some 126 boxes have been removed from the deck of the vessel since it arrived at Kobe at the beginning of December, representing an unloading rate of fewer than 10 a day. Extended video footage shows how complicated the task is.

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