Maritime Executive: Bananas Ahoy as Overboard Containers Wash Ashore

Five days after eight containers carrying bananas were washed overboard from the reefer ship Baltic Klipper in Southampton Water, bananas in the thousands are still washed up onto the beaches of the West Sussex coast in southern England. A total of 16 containers were lost overboard, with others transporting plantains and avocados.

It has turned into a bit of a bonus day for residents who have been finding the jetsam within the wreckage of the containers. With heavy seas and high winds, the containers were driven onto shore, and many were broken apart. As of Tuesday, 11 of the 16 containers had beached. HM Coastguard reports that a helicopter and an aircraft have been carrying out searches for the missing containers.