Evaluation of Cargo/Container Conditions Due to Shifting and Lost Containers
​Overboard and Wave Damages  Experienced During the Ocean Voyage

We were appointed by the Britannia P&I Club to be the “Lead Surveyor” for the November 1998, Seattle, Washington discharge of the Vessel “APL CHINA”.  This Vessel lost 406 Containers overboard and had 555 Containers damaged. We formatted a Computer Data Base Program that greatly facilitated the minimization and mitigation of what has been considered the largest Container Loss in the United States to date.