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I am quite surprised that these containers are considered "lost". Aren't they any obligation for the shipping companies to recover those containers ?

• FridayoLeary 6y ago
  How do you propose they do that? They can't exactly send a boat round to salvage several hundre feu's at 5 miles depth. I imagine it would need coordination from a large number of highly specialized submersibles, mother boats and logistic support to even attempt salvaging one container. (edit: i just saw another comment which said containers float. but still, imagine a huge ship with a gigantic claw crane, powering along, chasing dozens of container bobbing along, adrift in the ocean. Not happening.)
  • jon-wood 6y ago
    And then imagine that on seas with 10ft waves, because you don't have containers falling off a ship in good weather.
  • Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
    put a wirelessly charged GPS tracker in the shell of each container.
    • FridayoLeary 6y ago
      That sounds like a logistical nightmare. Anyway, knowing exactly where the container is wont help much if its resting on the seabed miles down, or even if it's floating in the middle of the pacific ocean.
      • Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y ago
        We have an ongoing, worldwide, unemployment crisis. Let's put people to work cleaning up the messes big corporations make, on their dime.