CMA CGM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - Loss of Containers
Incident Date: 9th July 2024
Vessel: CMA CGM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
IMO No. 9706891
Type: Fully Cellular Containership
We have learned of an incident involving the vessel CMA CGM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, a Malta flag, 179922 gt, 2015 built, fully cellular containership which reportedly lost 44 containers at sea off the coast of South Africa while another 30 containers are reportedly damaged.
The vessel allegedly faced bad weather on Tuesday 9 July during a voyage from Asia to Europe. No injury to the crew has been reported, no pollution and no strong damage to the vessel. CMA CGM notified the authorities and will proceed to Cape Town for making an assessment of the situation and taking necessary measures to ensure a safe prosecution of the ocean voyage.
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.
