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: 26 March 2024 Type: Cargo Loss and Damage Voyage: Far Eastern Ports/Americas/Indian Ocean
********Update for Cargo Insurers 09 April 2024********
The DALI salvage operation remains ongoing in Baltimore, as has been widely reported in the media, and the shipowners/their insurers are incurring significant expenses.
We believe that it is likely that general average (GA) will be declared soon.
This will mean that insurers of the cargo on board (most of which is undamaged) will be asked to provide average guarantees before cargoes can be delivered.
It is important that any GA claim is reviewed properly so that it can be established whether or not cargo insurers have to pay or would be entitled to refuse to pay.
********Initial Report********
Reports have been received that Singapore flag vessel DALI (95,128gt built 2015) allided with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, USA, earlier today.
The bridge was severely damaged as a result and reportedly vehicles have fallen into the river below. Emergency services have been in attendance for the last several hours.
Initial reports suggested that DALI, a containership, had caught fire and sank following the accident. Later news indicates that in fact the vessel is still afloat.
The vessel’s last port of call before Baltimore was Busan from where it sailed on 22 February 2024 headed for the Panama Canal.
Prior to this Dali called at the following ports:
Yangshan: 16 February
Beilun: 11 February
Xiamen: 07 February
Yantian: 04 February
Tanjung Pelepas: 30 January
Salalah: 21 January
The vessel had sailed from Baltimore shortly before the accident and was destined for Colombo.
