HM Coastguard says it is monitoring the situation and sending up an aircraft.

A container is washed up in Elmer after three ships recently lost cargo near the Isle of Wight.

Shipping containers mostly carrying bananas were seen washed ashore on Selsey beach on England’s south coast on Sunday, December 7, after falling off a cargo ship the day before, HM Coastguard said. A ...

Shipping containers falling into UK waters is "no surprise" according to an expert in oceanography and maritime conditions.

Five containers that washed ashore in West Sussex after falling overboard from a ship off the Isle of Wight will start being cleared today. The Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) said that 16 containers ...

Two containers which fell off a cargo ship in the Solent have washed ashore. Two of the containers which fell from the Baltic Klipper off the coast of the Isle of Wight on Saturday evening have washed ...

It is therefore no surprise that container losses are often visible along England’s south coast. Looking ahead, the risks are ...

A cruise ship was forced to delay its departure after shipping containers bananas fell into the sea. Sixteen containers fell from a cargo ship near the Nab tower lighthouse off Bembridge, Isle of ...

A number of shipping containers went into the sea after falling overboard from vessels off the Isle of Wight on Thursday amid Storm Goretti.