Victoria –
A hearth that burned for almost every week on the container ship anchored off Victoria’s waterfront has been put out.
An announcement from Danaos Transport Co., the supervisor of the MV Zim Kingston, says the specialised marine service firm it employed will start the cleanup operation on the ship.
The assertion says the identical agency has been retained to seek for the 109 containers that have been misplaced overboard final week, across the similar time the fireplace began on the ship.
The Canadian Coast Guard mentioned in an announcement Thursday that at the very least 5 containers have been noticed within the waters or washed ashore on the northern tip of Vancouver Island, greater than 400 kilometres from the vessel.
At the least two of the misplaced containers had hazardous supplies, whereas others held Christmas decorations, sofas, home equipment, automotive elements, toys and different on a regular basis objects.
The coast guard says trajectory modelling from the Division of Surroundings and Local weather Change Canada reveals that the containers that stay afloat will proceed to float north.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Oct. 29, 2021.
One of many misplaced delivery containers that got here ashore close to Cape Scott Provincial Park. (Canadian Coast Guard)
