Taiwan’s shipping companies are getting it in the neck from both authorities and fisheries over apparent lethargy in reclaiming lost containers. A report from ABC claims the slow response to salvaging boxes lost overboard is leading to a heightened risk of maritime pollution. Last year, the vessel...

On Friday, owner Hapag-Lloyd told customers: “Reloading of all containers previously discharged ashore for inspection has now been completed. Accordingly, all cargo, whether security has been provided or not, is now on board the Yantian Express. “Dependent on final technical approval of vessel c...

Owner Hapag-Lloyd said the fire-hit ship was expected to depart for its next port of call at the end of the month, but it warned this was in doubt as a number of cargo owners had still not paid general average and salvage security. The carrier said in a customer advisory: “The salvage company...

That is earlier than they had previously been advised – a week ago, Hapag-Lloyd said it would take until next month to discharge and inspect the damaged boxes. However, in a customer advisory this week it said: “We are pleased to report that all containers in the fire impacted areas in way of ca...

An update from vessel owner Hapag-Lloyd this week advised customers it would take another fortnight for the discharging and inspections of boxes damaged in the fire. The blaze broke out, in early January, in a container stowed on the 7,500 teu vessel en route to the Canadian port of Halifax. It spre...

The 1997-built Grande America, which has a container capacity of 1,300 teu, caught fire in the Bay of Biscay, approximately 150 miles south west of Brest late in the evening. At around 2am yesterday, the master took the decision to abandon ship. Fortunately, the British frigate HMS Argyll, retu...

The British International Freight Association (Bifa) issued the warning on Friday saying questions regarding abandoned containers rank among its most frequent queries. Director general Robert Keen said most of the problems arise from forwarders incorrectly seeing themselves as agents, rather than pr...

Owner Hapag-Lloyd said the vessel remained at a berth in Bahamas’ Freeport, which has been “designated exclusively to receive the distressed containers/cargo” due to “security, health, safety and environmental considerations”. “The port authority is monitoring the preparation of the site...

In the early hours of 31 January, off the Vietnamese coast, a fire started in a cargo hold forward of the vessel’s accommodation block. The ship, in transit from China to Singapore, had to be partly evacuated during the firefighting operations and APL said that there were no reported injuries to c...

Moreover, shippers that did not take out marine insurance, which one marine cargo insurer suggested to Logistic-News today could be half of them or more, and are unable to provide adjusters with acceptable security, could find their cargo auctioned. This is to recover the residual value of the cargo ...