New Casualty - SUOU - Grounding
Incident Date: 21st of November 2023
Vessel: SUOU
IMO No. 9854600
Type: Vehicle Carrier
Incident: Grounding
We have learned of an incident involving the vessel SUOU, a Japan flag, 11675 gt, 2019 built, vehicle carrier which struck an underwater rock and experienced water ingress while en route from Hakata to Iwakuni, Japan. The crew was rescued and the abandoned vessel was towed to Yashiro Island.
The vessel with a capacity of 233 cars is operated by Mitsui OSK Lines and previously called at Hakata port in Japan where approximately 100 cars had been loaded.
As a result of this incident it is highly likely that there will be delays to cargo delivery and cargo owners might be required to provide securities before delivery of cargo.
If you are aware of any involvement in this casualty and W E Cox Claims Group may be of assistance in any way, including provision of securities, arranging surveys, adjusting any potential losses &/or undertaking recovery action, please do not hesitate to contact us. As appropriate, please contact:
United Kingdom – Paul Friett cargoclaims@w-e-cox.co.uk
France – Marie-Laure Mirrione MarieLaureMirrione@w-e-cox.eu
Europe – John Jackson Johnjackson@cwhji.com
Hong Kong – Twinnie Lai twinnie@ceemis.com.hk
Singapore – Paul Sansom psansom@w-e-cox.com.sg
USA – Joshua Gayer jgayer@w-e-cox.com
Australia – Niall Orr norr@w-e-cox.com.au
If this or future casualty notices should be forwarded to any of your colleagues, we would be pleased to receive their contact details and we will add them to our Client List.
