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The BOC Blast 239 – Cargo Insurance: General Average Article

Tuesday, 22 May 2018 / Published in The BOC Blast

The BOC Blast 239 – Cargo Insurance: General Average Article

 Cargo Insurance: General Average Article
May 18, 2018 by The Loadstar
Shippers with Cargo on Maersk Honam Face Hefty Bill to Get it Released
Maersk Honam fire in the Arabian Sea.
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Shippers with cargo aboard the fire-stricken Maersk Honam will have to stump up over half its value if it is to be released under general average arrangements.
MSC, Maersk Line’s 2M partner, confirmed this morning that the vessel is due to finally dock at Dubai on 22 May, with discharging likely to take between four days and a week.
This week, vessel salvor Richard Hogg Lindley (RHL) fixed the salvage security at 42.5% of the cargo value, as well as requiring a further 11.5% as a general average deposit.
This means a shipper with goods worth $100,000 in a container faces a combined general average and salvage security bond bill of $54,000 to have the cargo released.
MSC said this week: “The submission of the GA and salvage securities is a prerequisite for the cargo to be released from Jebel Ali.
“Following completion of the discharging operations, the containers identified as potentially damaged will undergo an inspection at Jebel Ali and relevant customers will be invited to be represented at a joint inspection.
“Containers that are identified as sound will be loaded at first opportunity to reach their final destination, provided GA and Salvage securities have been submitted and released confirmed by RHL.”
Alex Kemp, partner at global law firm HFW, explained: General average is a tool for sharing the losses arising from a marine casualty between all the parties involved in that casualty. The vessel owners, bunker owners, container shell owners and cargo owners will all contribute their share to the losses incurred.
“In order to ensure that everyone pays their fair share, the vessel owner usually has the power to detain the cargo pending the provision of security. If security is not provided, it is often open to the vessel owner to sell the cargo in order to raise the funds to pay the contribution due from that particular cargo owner,” he said.
However, in a further twist today, MSC that it would also look to pass on part of the extra transport and port costs incurred in Dubai to shippers with undamaged cargo.
“In consideration of the important geographical deviation provoked by the salvage operations and of the consecutive extra handling/storage costs that will accrue at port of refuge, MSC will unfortunately not be in position to carry your cargo to destination without collecting additional charges.
“We are therefore requesting an amount of $750 per 20ft or $1,250 per 40ft. This amount is destined to cover all additional transhipment, storage and on-carriage costs MSC will face as the result of this regrettable casualty.”
It added: “We are profoundly sorry for these additional costs which are imposed on us by the situation.”
For shippers that do not want to pay the extra charge, MSC said their containers would be “handed back to your local representatives under the double prerequisite that the original bills of lading have been returned to us duly endorsed and that your shipment has been released from general average/salvage, and will be subject to payment of storage and demurrage as per our tariff”.
Customers have until the close of business on 24 May to relay their decision to the carrier.
The Loadstar is fast becoming known at the highest levels of logistics and supply chain management as one of the best sources of influential analysis and commentary.

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