Three containers and debris were identified at Cape Scott by a coast guard helicopter on Wednesday, said Paul Barrett, Canadian Coast Guard Planning Section Chief for Unified Command Paul Barrett, during a media briefing on Wednesday.
The US Coast Guard also dropped a beacon (data buoy) to track the movement, according to a spokesperson for the Canadian Coast Guard. The shipping containers’ movements are being monitored through overflights by the United States Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard helicopters, Transport Canada’s National Aerial Surveillance Program, as well as vessels transiting the area. Potassium amylxanthate, a hazardous chemical widely used in the mining industry, was stored in two of the containers that caught fire, as well as two of the containers that went overboard.Ĭontents inside the adrift containers include Christmas decorations, sofas, poker boards, metal car parts, clothing, toys, yoga mats, stand-up paddle boards, as well as industrial parts, according to the Canadian Coast Guard. The containers went overboard when the vessel, known as MV Zim Kingston, encountered rough seas.Ī container fire broke out on the ship the following day while it was anchored near Victoria. The number of containers has grown from the original estimation of 40. 22, communities on the west coast are left with many unanswered questions. By Melissa Renwick, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter HA-SHILTH-SAĪfter 109 shipping containers were knocked off a cargo ship near Vancouver Island on Friday, Oct.
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