A Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) containership has been designated a "party in interest" in the investigation into an oil spill off the coast of California.
The 13,200-teu MSC Danit (built 2009) was boarded by US Coast Guard (USCG) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) marine casualty investigators on Saturday in the Port of Long Beach.
Prior to the visit, the local USCG’s chief of investigations determined that the containership was involved in a 25 January 2021 anchor-dragging incident during a heavy weather event that impacted the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
