The scene: – scene was already contaminated, resulting in a vast loss of probable evidence (up to 80%)
Moisture had artificial and degraded some evidence such as fingerprints and DNA, particularly on the decks where it had come into contact with seawater. The strain was experienced in accessing the scene at sea.
Marking the position of displays for capturing was difficult due to the continuous motion of the vessel.
The equipment taken aboard was more suitable for processing terrestrial scenes (cameras and reagents were affected by moisture and weather changes.
Reagents not correctly packed were affected by moisture due to humidity. Lenses converted covered in humidity, and no lens cleaning tissues were available.)
The dispensation was interrupted and had to be immobile when the container was affected by rough weather.
Time for processing was much too short, and members had to rush processing. In many cases, the collection was limited to merely ‘bagging and tagging’ and documentation.
The difficulty is to take controller, secure, and keep the scene.
The partial time exists to procedure and document the scene (due to having to avoid expensive delays to the vessel’s owners).
Limits on the use of equipment such as flashy photography, electrostatic dust lifter, and other specialized equipment due to security dealings aboard the container.
Time interactions during photography were difficult. The container was stopped and was lying head to wind beam on to the sea and rolling, making the platform for the time exposure camera unbalanced and causing blurring.
Maintenance of used equipment such as recharging of batteries was difficult and accessibility of power with compatible current (220 V in this instance) a challenge.