Agencies continue to monitor stray cargo containers off Hatteras

Maresk Shanghai © Sam Walker

The Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Environmental Protection Agency are monitoring the tracking and assessment of approximately 76 stray cargo containers that were lost last weekend off Hatteras Island.

Last Sunday, the cargo ship Maersk Shanghai alerted watchstanders at Sector North Carolina's command center that they lost about 70 cargo containers during a heavy roll about 17 miles east of Oregon Inlet.

Maersk later confirmed 76 containers were lost in the high winds and seas from the nor'easter, including one carrying about 5,900 pounds of sulfuric acid.

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