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The Philippine Coast Guard issued a navigational warning for one of its busy shipping lanes after a containership lost 46 boxes overboard in the Batangas region. Surveys were underway to find the containers, while pictures showed that at least one has washed ashore.
The interisland containership Span Asia 39 (8,300 dwt) reported the container loss around 11:00 a.m. local time on September 3 while it was approximately 1.5 nautical miles offshore near Hamilo Point. Built in 2006, the 115-meter (377-foot) ship, which has a capacity of 564 TEU, was acquired by Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp. The company called the ship a “game changer” with a speed of 15 knots for the Manila-Cebu-CDO-Cebu-Manila route.
At least one container washed ashore while the Coast Guard is searching for others in the shipping lane (PCG)
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