{"id":694828,"date":"2026-01-14T06:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694828\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T06:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T06:47:13","slug":"containers-in-uk-waters-no-surprise-southampton-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/694828\/","title":{"rendered":"Containers in UK waters &#8216;no surprise&#8217;, Southampton expert says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Boxall said the figures may be far higher and &#8220;there are dangers environmentally as the contents can be very damaging&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Some contain chemicals, weapons, you name it they go in containers,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He also highlighted a lack of accountability, as there was previously no legal obligation to report container losses in international waters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This raises serious concerns for navigation as they sink below the surface for some time before they come to the seabed,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Anything that hasn&#8217;t been logged presents an unknown hazard to the environment and shipping.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The International Maritime Organization introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/min728-mf-upcoming-solas-chapter-v-amendment-reporting-loss-of-containers-at-sea\/min-728-mf-upcoming-solas-chapter-v-amendment-reporting-loss-of-containers-at-sea\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a change in the law from 1 January, external<\/a>, making it compulsory for ship masters to report all losses &#8220;without delay and to the fullest extent possible&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Boxall said the issue was &#8220;not going to go away&#8221;, as UK imports were increasing and    there was a pressure to turn ships around quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added that the change in legislation would help to &#8220;raise awareness of the true size of the problem and could lead to further action&#8221; in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boxall said the figures may be far higher and &#8220;there are dangers environmentally as the contents can be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":694829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-694828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115892115447308291","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=694828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=694828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=694828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=694828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}