Dear Client,

Greetings from Beacon!!!

As a part of our continuous communication, it is our consistent endeavour to keep you updated regarding your marine transit. We would like to inform you about a recent incident on the container ship which caught fire on Friday 100 nautical miles – 185 kilometers – northwest of the Indian state of Goa in the Arabian Sea.

• Vessel Name: Maersk Frankfurt
• Voyage: From Mundra (India) to Colombo (Sri Lanka)
• Date of Casualty: July 19th, 2024
• Casualty Type: Fire
• Vessel Type: Container
• IMO Number: 9969065

Consequent to the fire incident, firefighting measures were taken by the crew and firemen and, container ship on a rotational voyage between India, China, and Malaysia, has declared General Average following a serious fire on board.

Please note that general average is a voluntary act to save ship and cargo from operation of perils during a voyage. In an effort to save ships and cargo there may be various expenditure like fire-fighting expenses, towing charges involved, or some cargo may be thrown from ship to lighten it, or various other expenses may be incurred. These expenses are to be shared by all the cargo owners whose interest (Cargo) has been saved.

After incurring all these expenses and sacrifices, the master of the ship exercises a line over all the shipments. To get it released from shipping line, it is required to provide average bond, Average Guarantee from cargo insurer and counter guarantee form duly signed from cargo owner. These documents issuance can take some time due to complexity.

Please make sure if any communication from your shipping line regarding general average been received by you, intimate us to take further action into this regard for smooth execution of claim and release of cargo from shipping line by submitting average guarantee with below details.

• Policy No/Certificate No:
• Invoice
• B/L Copy:
• Description of Cargo:
• Consignment/insured value:

You can reach us for any query at:-

Rohit.s@beacon.co.in

7004868371, 6357363253

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