Follow-up丨Three container ships with more than 2,800 boxes fell into the water, Maersk will call Los Angeles, and these two ships will set sail again this month!

In recent times, a number of ships have encountered severe weather on the trans-Pacific route, causing more than 2,800 containers to fall into the water or be damaged. Among them, they have called the "Maersk Essen", "ONE Apus" and "Maersk" vessels that have attracted the most attention from domestic ports. Eindhoven" round, what is their latest situation?

Maersk "Maersk Essen" will arrive in Los Angeles to wait for the berth
In mid-January, the vessel "Maersk Essen" lost 750 containers in the North Pacific Ocean on its way from Xiamen Port in China to the Port of Los Angeles in the United States. The vessel is currently anchored in San Pedro Bay in Southern California and is waiting at the Port of Los Angeles. The APM Terminals Pier 400 is berthed.

A Maersk spokesperson said on Monday that the container ship is expected to dock on Thursday or Friday (March 5). With a capacity of 13,092TEU, the vessel set sail from Lazaro Cardenas on February 22. Since the severe weather accident on January 16, the vessel has changed its course and has been in Mexico. port.

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The ship "Maersk Essen" was originally scheduled to arrive at the Port of Los Angeles on January 28. This encounter resulted in 750 containers falling into the water and 79 more containers on deck were damaged.

In addition, the spokesperson did not answer the American shipper’s question about whether the damaged goods remained in Mexico or returned to the ship for Los Angeles.

According to reports, 178 damaged containers were unloaded in Mexico, of which only about 50 were considered capable of continuing the voyage.

However, freight claims company WK Webster said in an update consultation: “According to local reports, these 178 unloaded containers do not appear to have been loaded back onto the ship before the voyage. For this reason, we are contacting Maersk and MSC to find out if they are interested. Ship these boxes to their destination."

As part of Pearl's service, the ports served by "Maersk Essen" are: Vietnam Ving Tau port, China Hong Kong/Yantian and Xiamen, and Los Angeles.

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"Maersk Essen" ship schedule

Maersk "Maersk Eindhoven" will set sail again this week
At the same time, on February 17 last month, Maersk’s other container ship "Maersk Eindhoven" with a capacity of 13092Teu also encountered bad weather on its way from Xiamen, China to Los Angeles. The engine malfunctioned and lost about 260. Containers.

It is reported that Maersk Line said in an email on Monday that the repair work of the "Maersk Eindhoven" ship hit by the storm has been completed, and the ship has been approved to continue sailing and is expected to resume its journey to Los Angeles on March 5. Sailing.

Maersk said: "Once the affected containers are unloaded, our repair suppliers will work with our fleet experts to assess whether additional repairs are needed."

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"Although the situation is still unstable, we are encouraged by the progress made so far. If all goes well, we estimate that the re-starting time will be March 5-10. We are cooperating with Los Angeles APM Terminals Pier 400 after the ship arrives. Speed ​​up berth and cargo operations."

Last Thursday, the ship arrived at APM Terminals in Yokohama, Japan for repairs. It is reported that in addition to the loss of 260 containers, 65 steel railings on the ship’s deck were damaged.

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The round is still in Yokohama
According to the schedule, in addition to Xiamen Port, the "Maersk Eindhoven" vessel had previously called Hong Kong, Yantian and other Chinese ports, and was fully loaded with Chinese export goods. It was originally planned to arrive at the Port of Los Angeles on March 10.

Market experts at FreightWaves, a data analysis website, said that the "Maersk Eindhoven" wheel is likely to be full of furniture, clothing, electronics, cooking utensils, toys and other commodities exported to the United States. According to another report, the main customers of Maersk TP6 route include IKEA, Amazon, Adidas, Puma and so on.

The "ONE Apus" round will resume sailing in the middle of this month
At the end of November last year, the vessel "ONE Apus" encountered a violent storm in the Pacific waters and suffered a catastrophic collapse. More than 1,800 containers fell into the water and thousands of containers were damaged. In the middle of this month, this 14,000 teu ship may resume its voyage and continue to the west coast of the United States.

Three months after the accident, Japanese shipping company ONE stated that as of the end of last week, the ship had unloaded 940 containers at the port of Kobe, Japan, and added: “Based on the latest assessment, ONE Apus plans to resume sailing around March 15. ."

"If this can be done, the estimated arrival date at Long Beach is around March 30, but it cannot be fully guaranteed and may change. Once confirmed, the berthing schedule will be reflected in the timetable."

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The estimated date for the ship’s departure and resumption of the route means that the possibility of declaring a general average is further reduced. The carrier stated that many boxes originally loaded on the ship will also resume sailing.

ONE told customers: "The overall plan is to load as many boxes as possible to ONE Apus within a reasonable range."

But it added: “Due to safety and operational restrictions, some containers originally carried by ONE Apus may need to be carried on different ships.”