Editing Intermodal container (section)

===Sea===
[[File:2021-11-19 Damaged container ship, MV ZIM KINGSTON - IMO 9389693.jpg|thumb|Damaged container ship, MV Zim Kingston, after losing 109 containers in a fire and subsequent storm.]]
About 90% of non-bulk cargo worldwide is transported by container, and the largest container ships can carry over 19,000&nbsp;TEU. Between 2011 and 2013, an average of 2,683 containers were reported lost at sea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldshipping.org/industry-issues/safety/Containers_Lost_at_Sea_-_2014_Update_Final_for_Dist.pdf|title=World Shipping Council Containers Lost at Sea 2014 Update|date=2014|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108125328/https://www.worldshipping.org/industry-issues/safety/Containers_Lost_at_Sea_-_2014_Update_Final_for_Dist.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other estimates go up to 10,000; of these 10% are expected to contain chemicals toxic to marine life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phys.org/news/2011-03-scientists-effects-shipping-lost-sea.html|title=Scientists to study effects of shipping containers lost at sea|date=9 March 2011}}</ref> Various systems are used for securing containers on ships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.containerhandbuch.de/chb_e/stra/index.html?/chb_e/stra/stra_01_03_02.html|title = Container Handbook}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americantrailerrentals.com/shipping-containers-stacked-cargo-ships/|title=How Shipping Containers are Stacked on Cargo Ships – American Trailer Rentals|date=12 August 2019}}</ref> Losses of containers at sea are low.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tis-gdv.de/tis_e/containe/sicherung/deck-htm/|title=The securing of containers on deck on a container ship – Transport Informations Service}}</ref>