While most of the shipping in the world happens via sea, what happens when the massive containers fall overboard? Where do they eventually end up?

When science reporter Christina Larson got a tip from a marine ecologist about a shipping container that fell off a cargo ship and smashed into a California marine sanctuary, she wondered: How many ...

Here is the reason why shipping containers don't plummet into the ocean when travelling across the choppy waters on cargo ships.

According to one trade group, at least 20,000 shipping containers have tumbled overboard in the last decade and a half. But tracking efforts are incomplete.

Carriers are figuring out how to reduce risk and deal with disruptions caused by the Houthis' attacks and low water levels in shipping lanes.

While most of the shipping in the world happens via sea, what happens when the massive containers fall overboard? Where do they eventually end up?

Earlier this year, the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization adopted amendments to two global ocean treaties aimed at increasing transparency around lost shipping containers.