A cargo ship en route to Dublin Port was caught in this week's storms and lost at least 12 containers overboard.
The Maritime Bulletin reports that the ship 'Elbcarrier' lost the containers in the Celtic Sea on the afternoon of Sunday, December 8, while en route from Rotterdam to Dublin and being caught in rough seas.
The Bulletin's reporter is Erofey Schkvarkin, a Merchant Marine Captain, who also writes that 12 drifting containers were spotted at 2330 UTC in vicinity 51 40N 005 50W.
The ship reached Dublin in the afternoon Dec 9. More on this in the Maritime Bulletin here
Containers Blown Over
Separately, a reader has sent Afloat photo of containers blown over in Dublin Port in high winds this week.