New Casualty - YM Mobility - Explosion

Incident Date:   9th August 2024

Vessel:                YM Mobility

IMO No.             9457737

Type:                  Fully Cellular Containership

Incident:           Explosion

We have learned of an incident involving the vessel YM Mobility, a Liberia flag, 76787 gt, 2011 built, fully cellular containership, which suffered an explosion at a container terminal in the Beilun port area of ​​Zhoushan port. The Ningbo Maritime Search and Rescue Center has started an emergency plan and assigned patrol boats to the scene. Three fire tugboats and shore-based fire department forces are also deployed.

The fully cellular container vessel with a capacity of 6589teu is managed Yang Ming and had previously called in China, UAE, Qatar and Iraq. 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.