Felixstowe is MT

[sailorman]

only 2 ships + a RoRo alongside.
I havnt seen it this quiet for a long time, is trade drying up

 

[Biggles Wader]

I regularly drive over the QE bridge at Dartford and you can see the new London Gateway terminal cranes.They usually seem to be in the parked position too.I wonder what the trade figures say?

 

[John 32i]

Had a big vessel diverted due to a fire on board...........Madison Maersk in tonight and a few more over the weekend.....Septembers never the busiest month!

 

[pks1702]

Had a big vessel diverted due to a fire on board...........Madison Maersk in tonight and a few more over the weekend.....Septembers never the busiest month!

I have two containers on the ship with the fire due in from Port Kelang should have docked on Wednesday.

Below advisory on 8th September

uasc.net
+279 4 279 + فاكس 9259992 4 شركة الملاحة العربية المتحدة )ش.م.خ( ص.ب 55555 القرهود, ديره دبي, الامارات العربية المتحدة هاتف 9259595
United Arab Shipping Company (S.A.G) P.O.Box 55586 Al Garhoud, Deira, Dubai, UAE T +971 4 2952626 F +971 4 2952103
Customer Advisory
Barzan 1532E incident
8 September, 2015
Please be advised that a fire was detected on board M.V. Barzan hold no. 2 this morning (Tuesday, 8 September) around 02:30 hrs. The vessel’s current location is around 60 nautical miles off Cape Finisterre, Spain, and she was en route from Port Kelang, Malaysia (MYPKG), to Felixstowe, UK (GBFXT). The last estimated time of arrival was 9 September, 18:00 hrs.
Firefighting measures were taken immediately after detection, and no harm was reported to UASC staff on board. The situation has stabilized, and monitoring of adjacent areas to hold no. 2 indicates steady decrease in temperatures.
We are monitoring the developments closely and we will provide you with further information accordingly.
Yours sincerely,

Advisory yesterday - going to be 10-12 days late :apologetic:

Please be advised that the above vessels call at Felixstowe has been amended as follows:
Estimated Time of Arrival : 20/09/2015 @ 19:00
Estimated Time of Departure : 22/09/2015 @ 15:00
Original ETA: 09/09/2015
Reason:
1. Port rotation changed to RTM (Euromax) – Rotterdam (RWG) – Hamburg – Felixstowe – Zeebrugge – Rotterdam.
2. 1st RTM call will be discharge RTM import cargo except hold no.2 under deck cargo.
3. RWG call will be for the contaminated cargo which will take approx.. 4.5 days.
4. No berth available in FXT on departure RWG, vessel will call HAM 1[SIZE=-1]^st[/SIZE]

 

[z1ppy]

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I have two containers on the ship with the fire due in from Port Kelang should have docked on Wednesday.

Below advisory on 8th September



Advisory yesterday - going to be 10-12 days late :apologetic:

Nasty. Do you have insurance to cover the pending general average claim?

 

[pks1702]

No they don't accept claims based on 'time'.

Importing (and I do as little as I have to) is not all its cracked up to be.

As a further example If customs pull your container for X ray they decide when it will be done, if this delay means the container clearance falls outside the 'free period', you pick up the Demmurage for the days the container has sat and have to pay the customs X ray fee to boot even if your container is 'clean'.

 

[z1ppy]

yup. its a pig and gets more expensive with more complicated cargoes!

i don't know if UASC have declared general average yet (i haven't been following this one) but have a look at the back of your bill of lading at the GA clause. if you have all risks marine cover you should be ok but its has the potential to be a bad situation if GA is declared. (look at the MSC vessel that had a major fire and then spend a few months bobbing around before it was berthed in Germany. )

hope it works out but no harm in checking. its times like this when the small print becomes really important!!

 

[Hydrozoan]

Various shipping indices here - Baltic dry and tanker, and container: http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/markets/