06/29/2026
A few days ago, the World Shipping Council released its annual Containers Lost at Sea Report. It revealed that an estimated 1,478 containers were lost at sea in 2025. The 2025 figure is an increase from the 576 containers lost in 2024. One major vessel loss accounted for 640 containers. As an aside, there were nearly five million pieces of Lego inside a single container lost overboard from the Tokio Express in 1997. And the Lego is still turning up, nearly 30 years on.
https://www.worldshipping.org/news/world-shipping-council-releases-containers-lost-at-sea-report-2026-update