It is way too early to pinpoint the cause of the catastrophic fire on board Mitsui’s Felicity Ace, but initial reports suggest that if the inferno wasn’t caused by lithium batteries in an electric vehicle, it is increasingly likely to have been exacerbated by them. The growth in the battery-powered vehicle trade...
(Note to the reader: Mr Hidden Lead, a senior executive from the global logistics community, had something to say this week. Something so strong that it couldn’t possibly pass unnoticed. If you disagree with what follows, we invite you to submit your rebuttal. You can get in touch with Premium here.) TWELVE global...
The Suez Canal Authority yesterday formally arrested the Ever Given. An Egyptian judge granted permission for the SCA to seize the vessel after it lodged a $916m compensation claim against its Japanese vessel owner, Shoe Kisen. The SCA says it intends to maintain the vessel’s arrest until the claim is paid, a position that...
As the investigation into the grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal begins, the vessel’s Japanese owner, Shoe Kisen, this morning declared General Average. And a customer circular from Evergreen, seen by The Loadstar, confirms that Shoe Kisen this morning appointed Richard Hogg Lindley as adjustor. For the vessel, now at...
The Suez Canal is set to resume operations today after the 20,388 teu Ever Given was re-floated overnight. While the vessel’s bow remained stuck on one side of the waterway this morning, the high spring tide this afternoon allowed salvors to re-float the entire ship and unblock the waterway after a week...
The first Asia-Europe container vessels have begun to be rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope, according to new AIS data. According to VesselsValue’s ship tracking data, Evergreen’s 20,400 teu Ever Greet, deployed on the Ocean Alliance’s NEU6 service (the same string as the stuck sister ship Ever Given), which had been...
The 20,388 teu containership Ever Given has been freed after grounding against the seawall of the Suez Canal, and traffic on the waterway is expected to resume once the vessel is towed to an anchorage for inspection. An update at noon local time from GAC port news said that, according to information from...
The 13,092 teu Maersk Eindhoven (pictured) lost “several hundred containers overboard” as it suffered an engine blackout in bad weather yesterday, near Japan, en route from Xiamen, China to Los Angeles. This latest box spill in the north Pacific will add urgency to a review of lashing practices on ULCVs, and could lead to...
