HM Coastguard says it is monitoring the situation and sending up an aircraft.

A number of shipping containers went into the sea after falling overboard from vessels off the Isle of Wight last night (Thursday), amid Storm Goretti.

A container is washed up in Elmer after three ships recently lost cargo near the Isle of Wight.

Shipping containers falling into UK waters is "no surprise" according to an expert in oceanography and maritime conditions.

Two containers which fell off a cargo ship in the Solent have washed ashore. Two of the containers which fell from the Baltic Klipper off the coast of the Isle of Wight on Saturday evening have washed ...

SOME 24 shipping containers have fallen overboard from two cargo vessels off the Isle of Wight during the height of Storm Goretti, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has confirmed.

A number of shipping containers went into the sea after falling overboard from vessels off the Isle of Wight on Thursday amid Storm Goretti.

24 shipping containers have into the sea off the Isle of Wight last night as Storm Goretti unleashed gusts of over 70 miles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seven empty containers were reported overboard from a cargo vessel south of St Catherine's Point [Des Blenkinsopp] Several ...