Containers transported by sea

25 June 2026 - The World Shipping Council has released its annual Containers Lost at Sea Report, showing that an estimated 1,478 containers were lost at sea in 2025 out of approximately 280 million transported globally.

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APA

World Shipping Council. (2025). World Shipping Council releases Containers Lost at Sea Report: 2026 Update. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.worldshipping.org/news/world-shipping-council-releases-containers-lost-at-sea-report-2026-update. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D2293

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MLA

World Shipping Council. "World Shipping Council releases Containers Lost at Sea Report: 2026 Update." 2025, https://www.worldshipping.org/news/world-shipping-council-releases-containers-lost-at-sea-report-2026-update. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D2293.

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Chicago

World Shipping Council. "World Shipping Council releases Containers Lost at Sea Report: 2026 Update." 2025. https://www.worldshipping.org/news/world-shipping-council-releases-containers-lost-at-sea-report-2026-update. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D2293.

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BibTeX

@misc{wsc2025containers0d2293, author = {{World Shipping Council}}, title = {World Shipping Council releases Containers Lost at Sea Report: 2026 Update}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D2293}, note = {Original source: https://www.worldshipping.org/news/world-shipping-council-releases-containers-lost-at-sea-report-2026-update. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record last modified 15 September 2026. Value type: estimate. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCDABV5TTJ4FY0D2293.