As for the metal shipping containers, only one was spotted on a U.S. Coast Guard overflight, and it had vanished from sight by the time a tugboat was sent to retrieve it, said Coast Guard Lt.

As for the metal shipping containers, only one was spotted on a U.S. Coast Guard overflight, and it had vanished from sight by the time a tugboat was sent to retrieve it, said Coast Guard Lt.

In a pilot study, the National Cargo Bureau, a nonprofit that works with the U.S. Coast Guard to inspect seagoing cargo, ...

They’re the detritus of commercial shipping containers lost in the open ocean. Most of the world’s raw materials and everyday goods that are moved over long distances — from T-shirts to televisions, ...

They’re the detritus of commercial shipping ... are packed in large metal boxes the size of tractor-trailers and stacked on ships. A trade group says some 250 million containers cross the ...