BANGLADESH Shipping Corp (BSC) is seeking US$22.4 million from its insurer for a cargo ship that was hit by a missile due to the conflict in Ukraine, reports Reuters.
An explosion on March 2 to 3 hit the Bangladesh-flagged 38,800-dwt Banglar Samriddhi and killed a crew member.
Ukraine accused the Russian military of targeting the port facilities with a missile strike.
The vessel had been stuck in Olvia since February 24 after Ukraine closed its ports due to Russia's invasion.
The United Nation's shipping agency declared it would create a safe maritime corridor for merchant ships and crews stuck in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
Projectiles have hit four other vessels in recent days with one sunk.
Insurance premiums have soared 100 per cent for voyages to the region since the war started.
BSC's managing director, Suman Mahmud Sabbir, declared it would take time to process the claim.
'Without removal of the vessel outside the war area, the war risk insurer can't send their surveyor to assess the quantum of damages. We are taking all necessary action to uphold our interests for sure,' said Commodore Sabbir.
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An explosion on March 2 to 3 hit the Bangladesh-flagged 38,800-dwt Banglar Samriddhi and killed a crew member.
Ukraine accused the Russian military of targeting the port facilities with a missile strike.
The vessel had been stuck in Olvia since February 24 after Ukraine closed its ports due to Russia's invasion.
The United Nation's shipping agency declared it would create a safe maritime corridor for merchant ships and crews stuck in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
Projectiles have hit four other vessels in recent days with one sunk.
Insurance premiums have soared 100 per cent for voyages to the region since the war started.
BSC's managing director, Suman Mahmud Sabbir, declared it would take time to process the claim.
'Without removal of the vessel outside the war area, the war risk insurer can't send their surveyor to assess the quantum of damages. We are taking all necessary action to uphold our interests for sure,' said Commodore Sabbir.
SeaNews Turkey