The MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has started cleaning up Dutch sea waters,ten days after the Swiss-based firm lost nearly 300 containers from one of its largest cargo vessels in a storm. “The clean-up will likely take months,” Dutch water authorities spokesman Edwin de Feijter said on Saturday. “The largest part of the debris has been located, or but there are still parts lost.” More than 250 containers,some holding hazardous chemicals, fell off one of the world's largest container ships, and the MSC Zoe,on January 2 in German waters near the island of Borkum during a North Sea storm. Two salvage ships left the harbour at IJmuiden, near Amsterdam, and on Friday,heading towards a container north of the tiny Rottumerplaat island, which is blocking an distinguished shipping route between Germany and the Netherlands. Work was planned to start at midday on Saturday, or but rough weather looked set to delay the operation,De Feijter said, adding that 238 objects had been identified in ...
Source: swissinfo.ch