{"id":180970,"date":"2024-08-19T15:51:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/cma-cgm-lost-99-containers-at-high-sea\/"},"modified":"2024-08-19T15:59:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:59:20","slug":"cma-cgm-lost-99-containers-at-high-sea","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/cma-cgm-lost-99-containers-at-high-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA CGM vessel loses 99 containers off South African coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Malta-flagged container ship, <strong>the CMA CGM Belem, has<\/strong> <strong>lost 99 containers at sea off the east coast of South Africa<\/strong>, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA).\nThe incident occurred last week, when the vessel faced extremely adverse weather conditions near Richards Bay. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The destination of the 99 containers on board the CMA CGM Belem<\/h2>\n\n<p>Due to severe weather, the <strong>CMA CGM Belem<\/strong>, which was initially bound for Maputo Bay, had to change its course to the port of Ngqura in the Eastern Cape, where it is expected to arrive today.\nSAMSA has issued a warning to mariners in the region, asking them to report any sightings of containers floating at sea. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> \n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Adverse weather conditions impacting South Africa this past week have led to yet another large container vessel losing as many 99 containers off the east coast of South Africa, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA).<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5107i6ifwr\">https:\/\/t.co\/5107i6ifwr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SAMSA (@SAMSAMARITIME) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAMSAMARITIME\/status\/1825170376520765666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 18, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n <\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p>The container ship, built in 2024, is a large vessel, with 336 meters in length and a significant cargo capacity.\nThis is the second vessel from the same French company, Compagnie Maritime d&#8217;Affr\u00e8tement (CMA) and Compagnie G\u00e9n\u00e9rale Maritime (CGM), to suffer a container loss in the South African Indian Ocean in less than 30 days, as last month, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/the-containers-from-cma-cgm-were-lost\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"170598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin also lost 40 containers in a similar storm last month.<\/a><\/strong> in a similar storm. <\/p>\n\n<p>It is important to note that the port of Ngqura has been designated as the only suitable refuge for this type of incident due to its advanced infrastructure.\nSAMSA is working closely with the vessel owners to <strong>ensure that the downed containers are located and safely retrieved<\/strong>.\nIn the meantime, authorities have intensified monitoring efforts in the area to prevent further risks to shipping.  <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Follow us on social networks and don&#8217;t miss any of our publications!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inspenet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspenet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Inspenetnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: SAMSA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Photo: shutterstock<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, the CMA CGM vessel Benjamin Franklin also lost 40 containers due to bad weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8403,"featured_media":180959,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13048],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-180970","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-maritime"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/180970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8403"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/180970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=180970"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=180970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}