Container ship MARCOS V being caught in storm Eunice, lost at least 26 containers, all reportedly empty FEU, in North sea NNW of Frisian islands, Netherlands, at night Feb 18 (according to track), and reporting a loss in the morning Feb 19. The ship was sailing south en route to Rotterdam, she has been changing destinations at least 2 times since leaving Bremerhaven on Feb 13, cruising or being anchored in the North Sea, between the UK and the mainland. The last destination was Rotterdam, probably after containers loss. She berthed at Rotterdam at around 1200 UTC on Feb 19. Dutch CG started a search for lost containers, none were found as of morning Feb 19.
Container Ship MARCOS V is currently located at UKC – Rotterdam Area at position 51° 58′ 31.0″ N, 003° 59′ 28.3″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-02-19 18:35 UTC (5 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from Southwest direction at force 9 Beaufort.
The vessel is currently at port ROTTERDAM MAASVLAKTE, NL and her next destination is ROTTERDAM, NL
MARCOS V (IMO: 9307059) is a Container Ship that was built in 2005 (17 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Panama.
Its carrying capacity is 6350 TEU and her current draught is reported to be 9 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 293.19 meters and her width is 40 meters.
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Posted in Accidents by Mikhail Voytenkoon + Marine Traffic
