DANISH shipping giant maersk has confirmed that its chartered vessel Dyros lost around 90 containers in rough seas, in the North Pacific, around 1,200 nautical miles east of Japan last week, and the losses included nine boxes containing dangerous cargo.
The Costamare-owned 4,578 TEU vessel was en route to Seattle from Yantian but will now be diverted to another port to handle around 100 damaged boxes still on board, according to London's Loadstar.
Maersk said: 'We regret to confirm that the Liberia-flagged vessel Dyros, chartered and operated by Maersk, lost around 90 containers in the western Pacific because of rough weather on March21.
'Nine of these containers are labelled dangerous cargo and contained lithium-ion batteries packed with equipment,' it added.
While no crew members were injured, the Danish carrier could not confirm for which port the vessel would now head, as the issue remained under discussion, but added: 'The ship is able to continue its voyage and is heading for safe port.'
According to the eeSea liner database, the Dyros is deployed on Maersk's standalone TP7 transpacific service that connects Yantian, Shanghai, Qingdao, Busan and Yokohama with Seattle. The service deploys seven ships of between 2,300 TEU and 5,760 TEU.
Claims consultant WK Webster reported that the full extent of the loss of cargo overboard and any accompanying physical damage to containers still onboard may not become clear until it berths. WK Webster will make arrangements to confirm the 'extent of losses' once the ship has arrived at its designated safe port.
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The Costamare-owned 4,578 TEU vessel was en route to Seattle from Yantian but will now be diverted to another port to handle around 100 damaged boxes still on board, according to London's Loadstar.
Maersk said: 'We regret to confirm that the Liberia-flagged vessel Dyros, chartered and operated by Maersk, lost around 90 containers in the western Pacific because of rough weather on March21.
'Nine of these containers are labelled dangerous cargo and contained lithium-ion batteries packed with equipment,' it added.
While no crew members were injured, the Danish carrier could not confirm for which port the vessel would now head, as the issue remained under discussion, but added: 'The ship is able to continue its voyage and is heading for safe port.'
According to the eeSea liner database, the Dyros is deployed on Maersk's standalone TP7 transpacific service that connects Yantian, Shanghai, Qingdao, Busan and Yokohama with Seattle. The service deploys seven ships of between 2,300 TEU and 5,760 TEU.
Claims consultant WK Webster reported that the full extent of the loss of cargo overboard and any accompanying physical damage to containers still onboard may not become clear until it berths. WK Webster will make arrangements to confirm the 'extent of losses' once the ship has arrived at its designated safe port.
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