If you have insured cargo on board the following vessels and would like us to assist you in pursuing any claims arising from these incidents (or any similar cases), or if you require assistance in providing GA or salvage guarantees, please contact us as soon as possible.
Date: 2nd January 2015 Type: Grounding
*****Update*****
Containership HELENE RICKMERS has now been refloated with salvage assistance.
Cargo owners/insurers are being asked to provide general average security and also salvage security on terms acceptable to Lloyd’s of London. Until this is done, the cargo will not be delivered.
Dolphin Maritime already represents the insurers of part of the cargo on board the vessel. If you are also involved as cargo insurers and require any assistance, please do not hesitate to let us know.
This is a circular message. If you have already responded to our first report (below) please disregard this email, and we apologise for contacting you.
*****Preliminary Casualty Report*****
Reports have been received that Marshall Islands flag vessel HELENE RICKMERS (16,081gt, built 1998) ran aground off Papua New Guinea on 2nd January 2015.
The vessel remains aground. Salvors are in attendance. It is possible that Salvage and General Average claims will be made against cargo insurers as a result.
The container vessel trades between various ports in South East Asia and the Western Pacific.
