There’s nothing old fashioned here, except foolishness.
Four containers fell into the sea, and the Canal was closed for a period, according to a report in Slate. My thanks to Brian Anderson for spotting this one.
This is as strange a tale as the one about the 6000ton dredger that sailed down the Medway in thick fog last weekend and hit 13 yachts. Find that story at Yachting Monthly, and a first hand account at the YBW East Coast forum.