At least 200 containers damaged in fire on Hanjin Athens
The "Hanjin Athens" suffered a fire in her No. 2 hold on May 6, 2014, south of the Suez Canal.
The casualty was on a laden voyage with containerised cargo loaded in Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Yantian and Singapore bound for Port Said, Naples, Livorno and La Spezia. Hull interests engaged the services of professional salvors, Svitzer.
The fire-fighting services were rendered under a fixed form contract. A significant number of containers in No. 2 hold were flooded with extinguishing water. The fire was put out, but at least 200 boxes were damaged. On June 6 the "Hanjin Athens" arrived on Limassol Anchorage with the task of offloading damaged containers.
A team of experts surveyed containers and didn’t find dangerous items in cargo manifest, i.e. materials of class 1 (explosives) and class 7 (radioactive). On June 13 vessel was still on Limassol Anchorage awaiting permission to unload, otherwise it would be dangerous to stay on course to the original destination. Albatross Adjusters Ltd. were seeking General Average security from all cargo and container shell interests.
A task team was formed to assess the dangers of allowing the ship to enter Limassol port and unload its cargo on Cyprus soil. Limassol Port sent experts onboard, verified the ship’s manifest, inspected the cargo and ordered all the tests required, as per standard procedure. They were expecting the final results within the next days and if everything checks out OK the cargo will be unloaded on June 17 or 18.
The "Hanjin Athens" suffered a fire in her No. 2 hold on May 6, 2014, south of the Suez Canal.
The casualty was on a laden voyage with containerised cargo loaded in Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Yantian and Singapore bound for Port Said, Naples, Livorno and La Spezia. Hull interests engaged the services of professional salvors, Svitzer.
The fire-fighting services were rendered under a fixed form contract. A significant number of containers in No. 2 hold were flooded with extinguishing water. The fire was put out, but at least 200 boxes were damaged. On June 6 the "Hanjin Athens" arrived on Limassol Anchorage with the task of offloading damaged containers.
A team of experts surveyed containers and didn’t find dangerous items in cargo manifest, i.e. materials of class 1 (explosives) and class 7 (radioactive). On June 13 vessel was still on Limassol Anchorage awaiting permission to unload, otherwise it would be dangerous to stay on course to the original destination. Albatross Adjusters Ltd. were seeking General Average security from all cargo and container shell interests.
A task team was formed to assess the dangers of allowing the ship to enter Limassol port and unload its cargo on Cyprus soil. Limassol Port sent experts onboard, verified the ship’s manifest, inspected the cargo and ordered all the tests required, as per standard procedure. They were expecting the final results within the next days and if everything checks out OK the cargo will be unloaded on June 17 or 18.