New Casualty - FREMANTLE HIGHWAY - Fire
Incident Date: 26th July 2023
Vessel: FREMANTLE HIGHWAY
IMO No. 9667344
Type: Car carrier
Incident: Fire
We have learned of an incident involving the FREMANTLE HIGHWAY, a Panamanian flag, 59525 gt, 2013 built, car carrier which caught fire on the 26th of July 2023 in the North Sea about 30 kilometres north of Ameland.
The vessel with capacity of 6,220 cars was carrying circa 3,000 cars at the material time. At least one crew member died and several others were injured. Rescue helicopters and boats evacuated 23 crew members from the vessel. The vessel was sailing from Bremerhaven, Germany to Port Said, Egypt. The vessel is managed by Shoei Kisen Kaisha Ltd and called at Livorno, Portbury and Zeebrugge before sailing to Bremerhaven.
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.
