Casualty Update - MARIE MAERSK - GA Declared
Incident Date: 13th August 2025
Vessel: MARIE MAERSK
IMO No.: 9619933
Type: Fully Cellular Containership
Incident: Fire – General Average Declared
Further to our initial advice regarding a fire on board the MARIE MAERSK, a Denmark flag, 194,849GT, 18,270TEU fully cellular containership which was enroute from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia 13th August 2025, we have now been notified by Maersk that they have declared General Average.
The MARIE MAERSK will proceed to Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia with a current ETA of 13th September.
Cargo destined for Tanjung Pelepas will not be released for delivery and cargo scheduled for on-carriage to other destinations will not be permitted to released until suitable General Average Security is provided on behalf of cargo interests.
W.E. Cox are already representing a number of cargo interests with both sound and damaged cargoes and are actively liaising with Maersk and their appointed representatives as well as the GA Adjusters to ensure that sound cargoes are released and damaged cargoes are inspected at the earliest opportunity.
If you are aware of any involvement in this casualty and W E Cox Claims Group may be of assistance in any way, including provision of securities, arranging surveys, adjusting any potential losses &/or undertaking recovery action, please do not hesitate to contact us. As appropriate, please contact:
United Kingdom – Paul Friett cargoclaims@w-e-cox.co.uk
France – Marie-Laure Mirrione MarieLaureMirrione@w-e-cox.eu
Europe – John Jackson Johnjackson@cwhji.com
Hong Kong – Twinnie Lai twinnie@ceemis.com.hk
Singapore – Paul Sansom psansom@w-e-cox.com.sg
USA – Joshua Gayer jgayer@w-e-cox.com
Australia – Niall Orr norr@w-e-cox.com.au
If this or future casualty notices should be forwarded to any of your colleagues, we would be pleased to receive their contact details and we will add them to our Client List.
