US EditionCoastal 'Carnage' From Solent Banana Container Debris
Sixteen containers from cargo ship BALTIC KLIPPER washed ashore, spilling bananas and debris; 11 found so far with a multi-agency clean-up ongoing to prevent environmental harm.
- On Saturday evening , eleven of the 16 containers washed ashore along the West Sussex coast between Selsey and Bognor Regis, prompting a multi-agency beach clean-up.
- The cargo ship BALTIC KLIPPER lost 16 containers in the Solent, and tidal indications showed they were likely to come ashore along the West Sussex coast.
- Volunteers on Tuesday morning were removing fruit packaging with about 100 volunteers helping as thousands of bananas packaged for Tesco and Asda continued washing ashore.
- Officials urged residents to discard any taken fruit and to steer clear of affected areas while Ambi Par places skips in Bognor Regis, Pagham and Selsey for the clean-up.
- As the operation continues, agencies say there is no confirmed end date, the Environment Agency monitors wildlife and water impact, and officials urge reporting wreck material to the Receiver of Wreck.
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A large cleaning operation took place in the south of England, to cut down large quantities of bananas brought by values after an incident in which a port container ship landed near the White Island.
A large cleaning operation took place this Tuesday on the southern shores of England, after a container ship with large quantities of bananas...
Shipping containers carrying bananas wash up on beach in the U.K.
SELSY, U.K. (CBS, KYMA) - Shipping containers mostly carrying bananas were seen washed ashore on Selsey beach on England's south coast Sunday after falling off a cargo ship the day before, HM Coastguard said. A total of 16 containers fell off the cargo ship Baltic Klipper, with eight carrying bananas, two carrying plantains, one carrying avocados, and the other five being empty, the Coastguard said. Video recorded by TikTok user @carolynnking999…
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