About another 100 containers are collapsed or damaged on deck. Some of the containers lost overboard contain dangerous goods such as lithium-ion batteries. Maersk Ship Loses Containers in Pacific OceanĪ Maersk-operated containership lost around 90 containers in heavy weather this week during an eastbound voyage in the North Pacific Ocean, the company has confirmed. Photo courtesy MarineTraffic/Andrew Mackinnon There are hundreds of shipping containers lost at sea every year and many are still floating so logically it is not if but when the cargo turns up on our shores. “But I guess nothing else really makes sense either.” “That would have to be like tons and tons of carrots to make that much of an impact across the Eastside,” Evslin told The Garden Island. Kaua‘i County Councilmember Luke Evslin, who also got involved in the comments section, was skeptical of the cruise-ship theory. The EPA and USCG could not be reached for comment by press time Friday. The USCG prohibits dumping food less than 12 miles from the nearest land under the Act to Prevent Pollution From Ships. None of these zones are located in Hawai‘i. Coast Guard share regulatory authority over cruise-ship dumping, with the EPA presiding over no-discharge zones, where cruise-ship dumping is forbidden. The Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. “But I saw that Facebook post with people saying they saw it on Moloa‘a and at ‘Anini, so maybe it was one of the cruise ships.”Ĭruise ships are permitted to dump food waste, but are subject to regulations on where they can release. “At first I thought it was maybe from Kealia farmers’ market,” said Trujillo. The most-common theory in the Facebook comments section is that the carrots were discharged from a passing ship. The source of the vegetables remains unknown. The first carrots were spotted two Fridays ago, and they were still being discovered last Sunday.
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The comment section was quickly full of others who had seen carrots in Anahola, Moloa‘a, and even offshore while fishing. There were at least a dozen, about one every 30 yards.”īrian Miller reported that he had seen “seven or eight carrots” at an Eastside beach, and posted a video of the find in a Facebook community group. “And then about 20 yards later, another carrot. “I said, ‘Look at that carrot.’ She thought I was joking,” said Trujillo.
Kapahi resident Jimmy Trujillo was walking on Kealia Beach last Sunday when he spotted one, and pointed it out to his wife. LIHU‘E - Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of swollen, waterlogged carrots have been washing up on Eastside beaches.
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