Incident Date: 3rd June 2021
Vessel: OOCL DURBAN
IMO No. 9567673
Type: Containership
Incident: Allision
We have learned of an incident involving the vessel OOCL DURBAN, a Panama flag, 2011 built, 87,697gt fully cellular containership, on completing a voyage from Australia to China and Taiwan.
The vessel came into contact with two gantry cranes while proceeding to its berth at the OOCL Container Terminal, in the port of Kaohsiung, causing both cranes to collapse, as a result of which, a number of stacked containers were damaged or destroyed.
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 surveys@cwhji.com
Hong Kong – Twinnie Lai twinnie@ceemis.com.hk
Singapore – Paul Sansom psansom@w-e-cox.com.sg
USA – Charles Droll cdroll@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.
