Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and local authorities have begun a clean-up of Dutch and German coastlines after a number of boxes were lost overboard from one of the carrier’s ultra-large containerships.

MSC said it is working with a number of salvage companies to recover the containers that were lost on Wednesday when the 19,224-dwt MSC Zoe (built 2015) encountered rough seas on its way to Bremerhaven, Germany.