One Recent Incident Involving Damage to a Shipment of Marine Cargo

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One Recent Incident Involving Damage to a Shipment of Marine Cargo
Introduction
Just like any other mode of transportation, maritime transportation is also being faced with several challenges. In the recent past, there have been many incidents where the marine transportation has suffered many several challenges that range from piracy, loss of cargo and even accidents as a result of natural calamities like tsunamis. In the recent past, it was reported in CNN that a ship lost more than 500 containers. A ship called the Svendborg of Maersk was hit by a strong wind and waves from the coast of France, the moment the ship left the Bay of Biscay, and by the time the ship reached the Spanish Port of Malaga, over five hundred containers could not be counted for. It would be important to note that between five million and six million containers are transported virtually everyday, and these containers normally transport goods that range from refrigerators to potato chips. However, not all of these containers do get to their...