New Casualty - ASL BAUHINIA - FIRE
Incident Date: 27th January 2025
Vessel: ASL BAUHINIA
IMO No. 9935868
Type: Fully Cellular Containership
Incident: Fire/Explosion
W.E. Cox have learnt of an incident involving the ASL BAUHINIA, a Hong Kong flag vessel, 18,526GT, 1,911TEU fully cellular containership. The ASL BAUHINIA was enroute from Jebel Ali towards the Suez Canal when she suffered an explosion and/or fire involving hazardous cargo about 12nm of Hodeidah, Yemen in the southern Red Sea on 27th January 2025.
It is understood that the ASL BAUHINIA has been abandoned and left adrift, with its crew rescued and uninjured. The ASL BAUHINIA currently poses a navigational hazard and investigations on the cause of the casualty are ongoing.
The ASL BAUHINIA is owned by Fortune Geneva Shipping Limited and managed by Shanghai ASL Shipmanagement Company Limited. She trades between China, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and the UAE.
As a result of this casualty, cargo deliveries will likely be delayed, with significant cargo loss and damage. The situation may also give rise to General Average that will require Cargo interests to provide General Average Security prior to cargo being released at destination.
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.
