General Average

City of Baltimore lawyers up to pursue Key Bridge damages

Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced yesterday that the City of Baltimore is taking legal steps to “proactively and aggressively address the catastrophic impact the Key Bridge collapse has had on the City of Baltimore and its residents, including the families of the victims, business owners, and longshoremen and other port workers.

The City of Baltimore has engaged national complex issues and trial firm DiCello Levitt and Philadelphia law firm Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Trial Lawyers to...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/city-of-baltimore-lawyers-up-to-pursue-key-bridge-damages/

General Average Declared on Burnt Boxship

General average has been declared on the 8,586 teu ZIM Charleston, with Splash sourcing the first public image of the burnt vessel. General average security will be now required from all cargo interests prior to the delivery of their cargo.

Fire onboard ZIM vessel

According to insurance firm WK Webster the fire, which took place west of Colombo, may have damaged 300 containers. The ZIM Charleston is chartered by ZIM and owned by Seaspan.

The ship has been moored in Colombo for the past fortnight...

https://mfame.guru/general-average-declared-on-burnt-boxship/

General average declared on ZIM Charleston

General average (GA) has now been declared by charterers on the 8,586 TEU container ship, ZIM Charleston, which suffered a fire incident on 8 August.

The post panamax vessel is owned by Hong Kong-headquartered Seaspan and chartered by Israeli container carrier ZIM.

According to the insurance firm, WK Webster, general average security will be required from all cargo interests prior to the delivery of their cargo.

“We are currently in contact with average adjusters to ascertain the terms of the GA...

https://container-news.com/general-average-declared-on-zim-charleston/

Haian City owners declare general average, fears about destruction of cargo in 180 boxes

The owners of the 1,400 TEU container vessel, Haian City, which suffered an accident on 14 April, have declared general average, while the ship reached Karnaphuli dry dock for damages repair.

Due to the declaration of the general average, all stakeholders will proportionately share any losses incurred due to the incident.

The boxship was damaged severely and lost an empty box to the sea which is yet to be found even after nearly a month. Since then, the ship had been staying at the incident spot...

https://container-news.com/haian-city-owners-declare-general-average-fears-about-destruction-of-cargo-in-180-boxes/

VIDEO: Boxes start to come off Ever Forward

Removal of cargo containers from the grounded containership Ever Forward got underway this past Saturday. The 1,095 feet long,12,118 TEU Evergreen Marine vessel has been bogged down in mud in Chesapeake Bay since March 13 and the boxes are being taken off in an attempt to lighten the vessel before a further attempt to refloat it is made. Three earlier attempts to refloat it using a combination of dredging and tugboat power failed.

Container removal began Saturday for #EverForward refloat...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/environment/salvage/video-boxes-start-to-come-off-ever-forward/

Ever Forward: Evergreen declares General Average

A third attempt to refloat the grounded containership Ever Forward was made yesterday. It failed and the ship remains aground in Chesapeake Bay.

Today, shipowner Evergreen Marine said that, “in light of the increasing costs arising from the continued attempts to refloat the vessel,” it had declared General Average (GA). To grossly oversimplify things, GA means that cargo owners get to take a share of the salvage cost. You can find a fuller explanation of what’s involved here.

After the incident...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/environment/salvage/ever-forward-evergreen-declares-general-average/

Ever Forward salvage could take quite some time

According to the latest update from cargo claims consultancy W.K. Webster, the Evergreen Marine containership Ever Forward remains grounded in the Chesapeake Bay area.

“It is apparent that efforts to refloat the vessel have so far been unsuccessful, and the salvage operation may therefore be a more protracted and difficult one,” warns the company.

“It is reported that the vessel’s draft was 13 meters at the time of the grounding whereas the depth of water at the location of the grounding is...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal-safety/environment/salvage/ever-forward-salvage-could-take-quite-some-time/

In the dock: Echoes of the decade-old CMA CGM Libra grounding still resonate

“It is incredible to think that the momentary decision of a master to pass Xiamen channel buoy 14-1 to port, the circumstances that led up to that decision and consequences that followed, are still being debated some 10 ½ years later and yet, here we are, having waited with bated breath for the supreme court to hand down one of the industry’s most hotly anticipated judgments of recent times.”

So write Claire …

The post In the dock: Echoes of the decade-old CMA CGM Libra grounding still resonate...

https://theloadstar.com/in-the-dock-echoes-of-the-decade-old-cma-cgm-libra-grounding-still-resonate/

Clyde & Co secures win for clients in high-profile Supreme Court judgment

Clyde & Co secures win for clients in high-profile Supreme Court judgment  

London, 10 November 2021: Global law firm Clyde & Co has successfully represented cargo interests in a Supreme Court dispute over claims for General Average with the Shipowners of the “CMA CGM LIBRA” in relation to a ship grounding.

The Supreme Court has upheld the decisions of both the High Court and the Court of Appeal and confirmed that a defective passage plan will render a vessel unseaworthy. All nine judges involved...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/11/10/clyde-co-secures-win-for-clients-in-high-profile-supreme-court-judgment/

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