The approximated variety of containers shed from the MSC Zoe throughout a North Sea tornado in very early January has actually increased to at the very least 345, greater than 50 containers greater than originally assumed, the Dutch company Rijkswaterstaat claimed Wednesday complying with a record from the shipowner.

The brand-new evaluation follows even more of staying containers aboard the MSC Zoe, among the globe’s biggest containerships, have actually currently been unloaded at the Port of Gdansk in Poland.

The Panamanian- flagged MSC Zoe was underway in German waters when it reported it had actually shed several containers too far on January 1, 2019.

Initial price quotes claimed as numerous as 270 containers were shed too far, however the quote climbed to 291 after the ship anchored in Bremerhaven, Germany for evaluation and also to unload broken containers.

While a number of the containers sank, concerning 2 loads depleted on the coasts of the Wadden Islands, an island chain in the north Netherlands.

Rijkswaterstaat claimed in an upgrade on Wednesday that the brand-new evaluation follows the ship cruised for Port of Gdansk to unload the staying containers aboard, enabling a recount. The variety of containers with dangerous compounds continues to be unmodified, the company claimed.

Delivered to Swiss- based Mediterranean Shipping Company in 2015, the 396-meter-long MSC ZOE has a capability of 19,224 TEU.

Rijkswaterstaat states it anticipates a last matter of the variety of containers shed from the shipowner following week.

A significant salvage initiative to situated and also obtain the thousands of missing out on containers is continuous and also can last numerous months.