New Casualty - ESPIRITO SANTO EXPRESS - Adrift and on Fire
Incident Date: 15th October 2026
Vessel: ESPIRITO SANTO EXPRESS
Type: Fully Cellular Containership
Incident: Adrift and on Fire
IMO No.: 9793923
W.E. Cox have learnt of an incident involving the ESPIRITO SANTO EXPRESS, a Singapore Flag, 113,828GT, 11,800TEU, 2018 built, fully cellular containership, enroute from Singapore to Santos, Brazil, which is currently adrift and on fire in the South Atlantic ocean, off the coast of Brazil.
The ESPIRITO SANTO EXPRESS is owned by Seaspan 1215 Private Limited and managed by Seaspan Ship Management Limited. The ESPIRITO SANTO EXPRESS appears to be chartered to Hapag-Lloyd and trades along the AS2 (local) and ECX (global) services.
As a result of this recent casualty, cargo deliveries will likely be delayed, with significant cargo loss and damage. The situation may also give rise to Salvage and/or General Average that will require Cargo interests to provide Salvage and/or General Average Security prior to cargo being released at destination.
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 – Aneta Pillay apillay@w-e-cox.co.uk
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.