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One Zim captain saw the lighter side of stack collapses when he added an amusing tune to a film of his vessel losing five containers in the Atlantic.
The containership, posted on the TikTok account belonging to the captain of Zim Shekou, shows the containers falling and then floating in the ocean.
In response to the posting of the clip below Zim said: “ZIM regrets the posting of this clip, which records an incident taking place over three years ago. While unfortunately ...
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Comment on this article
Bill Brassington
December 06, 2022 at 10:09 pmI trust that the master reported the loss of these containers as proposed by the draft amendments to SOLAS and MARPOL treaties before he submitted the TikTok video!