[freerepublicchat]

On any given day, there are up to 2,500 lost containers floating in the oceans, per Sailing World. That is a LOT of cargo.

But not usually in the S Indian Ocean. There isn't much trade between Australia and East Africa.

[Hawthorn]

>> There isn’t much trade between Australia and East Africa <<

Yeah, but the location may be close to the Great Circle path from the Cape of Good Hope to Perth.

(Anybody know the latitude/longitude coordinates involved?)