Hansa Carrier
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hansa-carrier-196-2619780
title:
Hansa Carrier
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Hansa Carrier was a container ship. On 27 May 1990, en route from Korea to the United States, the ship encountered a storm which caused the loss of 21 40-foot cargo containers south of the Alaska Peninsula, near 48°N 161°W. Five of these cargo containers contained 61,000 Nike shoes, each of which carried a unique serial number which later made it possible to clearly identify them as part of the spilled cargo. The "Great Shoe Spill of 1990" was one of the several occasions when shipping accidents
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Container ship which lost a cargo of identifiable shoes which were used to record ocean drift
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansa_Carrier
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2022-07-10T02:38:03Z
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