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Thousands out of more than 120 million container trips per year, and the loss of containers was primarily from two large accidents. http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=17474

Your container may be safer than your house, and the financial solutions is the same: insure it.

Thanks, I stand corrected. The odds aren't too bad in that case. Hell, now I am intrigued by the prospect too.

Always a good time to plug cargolaw.com. They have an incredible collection of container ship disasters. You just have to be able to withstand the awful website design.

Here are some good examples:

http://www.cargolaw.com/2006nightmare_hyundai_fort.html

http://www.cargolaw.com/2000nightmare_1_oocl_ameri.html

http://www.cargolaw.com/2012nightmare_bai_chay_bri.html

Thousands out of how many containers? Hurricane Sandy destroyed thousands (about 2000) of homes in Long Island but people are still eager to live there.