News / Zim Kingston containers wash ashore, 300km from fire-stricken ship

Four of the 109 containers now confirmed lost overboard from the fire-damaged Zim Kingston containership have washed ashore near Cape Scott, the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) has reported.

None of these containers was loaded with dangerous cargo, said the CCG.

However, Cape Scott is on the northern tip of Vancouver Island, some 300km or more from Victoria at the southern tip where the Zim Kingston is at anchor.

According to local reports, some of the lost containers were loaded with Christmas goods, furniture, ...