We have learned of an incident involving the vessel GLOVIS SPRING, a Marshall Islands flag, 2016 built, 65,697gt vehicle carrier, which ran aground off Paracel Islands, China, laden with a cargo of 3,432 units, including Mercedes, BMW and Renault, on a voyage from Singapore to Hong Kong.

Salvors Ardent Maritime NL BV have been engaged under Lloyd’s Open Form.

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

Hong Kong – Wendy Lee wendy@ceemis.com.hk

Singapore – Paul Sansom psansom@w-e-cox.com.sg

USA – Charles Droll cdroll@w-e-cox.com

Australia – Robert Hammersley rhammersley@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.

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Update

Further to our recent advice of the grounding of the vessel GLOVIS SPRING, Salvors have deployed tugs, with divers assessing any damage and a Salvage team onboard the vessel to work with the crew in attempting to refloat the vessel. Once Salvage services are terminated, it will become urgent to ensure that LOF guarantees are in place to secure release of cargoes for delivery.

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.