New Casualty - KYPARISSIA - Fire
Incident Date: 7th November 2025
Vessel: KYPARISSIA
IMO No. 9618599
Type: Fully Cellular Containership
Incident: Fire
W.E. Cox have learnt of an incident involving the KYPARISSIA, a Malta flag, 48,338GT fully cellular containership which suffered a fire during unloading operations at the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia 7th November 2025.
It is understood that the vessel, which has a capacity of 4,597teu is owned by Costamare and is operated under time charter by Maersk on their Asia to West Africa routing.
Fire fighting operations continue however, it has been confirmed that sadly three persons have been killed and a further three injured as a result of the casualty.
Investigations into the cause of the fire have commenced however, it is likely cargo deliveries will be delayed, with some cargoes known to have been damaged. The situation may also give rise to General Average that will require Cargo interests to provide 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 – 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.
