As per pre-advice noted in our earlier CustomerInfo of February 11, 2019, Richards Hogg Lindley (RHL) as General Average and Salvage Adjusters have now confirmed finalization of protocol for inspection form as to the 460 containers designated.
Accordingly, for ease of reference, respective document for Door End Inspection of Yantian Express containers at Freeport, Bahamas is attached to this notice for download.
All parties wishing to send a surveyor to take part in the door end inspection of the 460 containers designated by General Average and Salvage Adjusters Richards Hogg Lindley (RHL) shall review and complete this document.
Containers which are likely a total loss as determined by RHL (202 in total) as well as any container not designated by RHL will not be subject to inspection in Freeport; please see RHL website for container lists:
[https://rhlclientarea.ctplc.com] Password: YE119GA)
Scanned copies of the completed form should be sent to:
[email protected]
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We shall keep you closely informed on further developments.
Disclaimer
As per current status, vessel arrived at Freeport, Bahamas (port of refuge) on February 4, 2019. We will obviously have more detailed/precise information once the extent of damages onboard the vessel has been fully assessed and will provide updates in due course. For the avoidance of doubt, the above statements and comments are: (I) non-conclusive, subject to change and being provided for informational purposes only, and (II) given without prejudice to or waiver of any rights, remedies, defenses, and limitations contained in the relevant underlying contracts of carriage as evidenced by Hapag-Lloyd AG’s standard Bill of Lading and/or Sea Waybill and the Hapag-Lloyd Tariff applicable thereto and/or any other applicable agreement governing the carriage of the subject cargo, or any cargo carried on board the vessel at the time of the incident, as the case may be, all of which said terms and conditions continue to remain in full force and effect, without any modification or waiver.