In 2019, about 500 shipping containers were lost at sea globally. This represents a significant decrease compared with the previous year when over 1,400 containers were lost. The peak, however, was reached in 2013. In that year, almost 5,600 containers were lost at sea worldwide.
Total number of containers lost at sea worldwide from 2008 to 2019
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