Tag: cargo damage

Following Supreme People's Court (SPC) recent ruling on soya bean claims, UK Club received the below advice from Wang Jing & Co., Xiamen.

Due to the wet weather in Brazil at the beginning of the soya bean harvesting season, Standard Club received information from the local surveyors in China that so far heat and mouldy damaged cargo has been found on seven ships.

Following the fire incident onboard the containership Delphinus several days ago, Ocean Network Express (ONE) officially declared General Average for the vessel's cargo.

As part of its 'Lessons learned' video series, the UK Club describes a case of wet damage to a cargo of maize onboard a bulk carrier. It was later found that the hatch cover panel cross joints had not been cleaned in preparation of the hatch covers being closed at the load port. 

In an effort to promote safety at sea, the Swedish Club issued a new casebook, which describes factors that can lead to common incidents, while shares their lessons learned.

Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) recently published a Safety Awareness Bulletin, focusing on the risks of losing shipping containers at sea.

Gard Club and Alexandra Chatzimichailoglou Senior Claims Adviser, Lawyer at Piraeus, issued master’s checklists for loading and carriage of soya beans, in order to best demonstrate that there was no lack of cargo care.

Following several container losses and with vessels reportedly losing thousands of containers in an incident, particularly in the North Pacific, Steamship Mutual issued a risk alert focusing on issues associated with cargo stowage and securing.

Transport Malta MSIU issued an investigation report on the cargo explosion onboard the container ship MV Croatia while underway, in February 2020. The investigation established that flammable vapours had accumulated inside the container, which contained scrap metal and used car parts, resulting in an explosive atmosphere.

Following the container loss incident of Maersk Essen which took place on January 16, the vessel is about to arrive at the APM Terminals Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico.