The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report into a February 6, 2024 incident in which the U.S.-flag containership President Eisenhower lost 23 shipping containers overboard and another 10 were damaged.
The area of the container collapse is pictured (left) and a closer view of the collapsed containers on the President Eisenhower (right). (Source: U.S. Coast Guard)
The National Transportation Safety Board has released its report into a February 6, 2024 incident in which the U.S.-flag containership President Eisenhower lost 23 shipping containers overboard and another 10 were damaged. At the time, the 984-foot-long, 7,471 TEU vessel, which was operated by CMA CGM Group member APL Maritime Ltd., was drifting about 94 miles south of Oakland, California, while awaiting a berthing assignment. None of the lost containers contained hazardous materials. The value of the lost cargo and damage to the containership was estimated at over $735,000.
The NTSB has determined that the probable cause of the container loss aboard the President Eisenhower was the input of incorrect cargo weight for 39 containers when the cargo loading plan was developed by shoreside planners, resulting in the containers being loaded in
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