Lashing@Sea project reveals potential reasons why containers fall overboard every year Lashing@Sea project reveals potential reasons why containers fall overboard every year

For the first time ever some of the reasons why containers are lost overboard have been investigated by the pioneering Lashing@Sea project, that has just completed after three years of intensive research.
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