EC5 Service - MV “Yantian Express” (voyage 108E) – Update No.12

Further to our CustomerInfo of March 4, 2019, please be informed that salvage operations in Freeport are continuing as previously advised, with good progress being made.

At this point, we anticipate that the discharge and door end inspections of the potentially impacted containers remaining on board will take approximately three weeks from now to be completed.

Please be advised that we are also still exploring options with regard to the balance of the containerized cargo which is unaffected by the fire and will provide an update in that regard in due course.

As previously noted, kindly note that we are not in a position to discharge the sound cargo at the vessel’s current location, which consists of a temporary yard that is meant to handle only the distressed cargo.

Additionally, and while there is a containerized terminal berth in the vicinity, it appears that such terminal may still not have sufficient capacity for handling the sound cargo. Thus, our investigation as to alternative options continues.

We again reiterate our earlier request that all cargo interests who have not done so already promptly contact the Average Adjuster in order to arrange for the posting of General Average and Salvage security so that their cargo can be released in a timely manner.

For all other information, we invite you to call our dedicated hotline directly at the following telephone number:

+ 1 833-445-6397

Alternatively you are also welcome to contact us via following email address:

[email protected]

We shall keep you closely informed on further developments.