Casualty Notice - YM UNICORN Grounding
Incident Date: 11th December 2024
Vessel: YM UNICORN
IMO No. 9462732
Type: Fully Cellular Containership
Incident: Grounding
We have learned of an incident involving the vessel YM UNICORN, a China flag, 91,586gt, 2013 built, fully cellular containership, which ran aground just before midnight 11th December 2024 in front of the Keelung Lighthouse when arriving at Keelung, Taiwan.
The vessel, which has a capacity of 8,626teu and operates on the PS4 lane between China, Taiwan and the USA for Yang Ming, has been re-floated by tugs but is understood to have suffered damage to the forepeak allowing water ingress. As a result of the damage there may be delays in cargo delivery, cargo damages and vessel owners may consider declaring General Average.
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.
