New Casualty - MSC HOUSTON V - Collapse of Stow
Incident Date: 21st March 2025
Vessel: MSC HOUSTON V
IMO No. 9463281
Type: Fully Cellular Containership
Incident: Collapse of Stow
We have learned of an incident involving the vessel MSC HOUSTON V, a Portugal flag, 44,234gt, 2010 built, fully cellular containership, which suffered a collapse of stow whilst en-route from Piraeus, Greece to Liverpool, UK 21st March 2025.
The vessel, which has a capacity of 4,432teu and operates on the NWC service on behalf of MSC between Greece and Turkey and the UK, is understood to have suffered a collapse of stow resulting in the loss of at least 15 containers with further containers damaged. The Vessel has now berthed in Vigo, Spain where the extent of damages will be assessed.
The incident will lead to cargo damages and delays in 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. 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.
