New Casualty - PHOENIX 15 - Sunk
Incident Date: 21st June 2025
Vessel: PHOENIX 15
IMO No.: 8357667
Type: Fully Cellular Containership
Incident: Sunk
W.E. Cox have learned of an incident involving the PHOENIX 15, a Comoros Flag vessel, 4,742GT, 118m, 346TEU, fully cellular containership, which had a crew of 20 members and sank about 20nm off the coast of Salalah, Oman whilst sailing from Jebel Ali, UAE to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
We understand that all crew members have been rescued without injury and that local authorities will likely launch an investigation to confirm the cause of the sinking.
We further understand that the PHOENIX 15 is owned and managed by Nixin Shipping Group Ltd with its ISM Manager as Onda Azul Industrial Plant of Dubai. She traded in China, South Korea, Iran, UAE and Oman.
As a result of this casualty, cargo interests will look to pursue Recovery Claims for their cargo losses.
If you are aware of any involvement in this casualty and W.E. Cox Claims Group may be of assistance in any way, including 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.
