Wow! That’s an awesome mess somebody has to clean up! 
Tranpsortation insurance… makes sense for a few other reasons too, including being stuck in port for a year. Or whatever.
there are still a few thousand Volvos and BMWs sitting at the bottom of the English Channel, if you’re keen.
Are these new pics? I’m curious what happened in this case.
They were taken this year, at the date indicated on the camera. They were sent to me by a friend who works in APL (though I’m not sure if she took them). I would love to know what they did about this.
Typhoon impact no?
Google is always your friend:
[quote]M/V Ital Florida - Three Months Into Her Career
From The Cargo Letter - June 23 2007 – Container Vessel In Jeopardy
New container M/V Ital Florida lost at least three fully loaden containers in severe seas between June 16 & 19 in the Arabian Sea. The ship faced wave heigths of 7-10 m height. M/V Ital Florida was running with almost 16 knots. The ship’s deck also suffered storm damage. [/quote]
HG
Happens all the time. most of the stuff is not personal possession, but exported cameras, toys, car parts, computers, tea towels, plastic buckets, whatever.
it is covered by insurance taken out by the shipper often throughstanding arrangement with their shipping agent, not the ship. Caveat transporter. if you end stuff home (like your household possessions) you have absolutely no control over where on the ship your stuff goes, so it is always wise to get insurance that covers the new replacement cost of everything, and to photograph all your possessions for the manifest. adding it all up takes a long time, and most people underestimate by 50%, but it’s not worth it just to try to get cheaper insurance…
[quote=“urodacus”]Happens all the time. most of the stuff is not personal possession, but exported cameras, toys, car parts, computers, tea towels, plastic buckets, whatever.
it is covered by insurance taken out by the shipper often throughstanding arrangement with their shipping agent, not the ship. Caveat transporter. if you end stuff home (like your household possessions) you have absolutely no control over where on the ship your stuff goes, so it is always wise to get insurance that covers the new replacement cost of everything, and to photograph all your possessions for the manifest. adding it all up takes a long time, and most people underestimate by 50%, but it’s not worth it just to try to get cheaper insurance…[/quote]
That indeed reminds me of the 31 pages manifest + hundreds of pictures I had to make before my hole possesions went in a container in Antwerp heading for The Rock . Clothing, cd collections, table ware… name it. Damn time consuming.
Good thing is that I finally discovered how much I never insured @ home in case of fire.
On average those shipping agents take a 1.5% on the declared value. Still making tons of money as ships do not go down so often anymore.
Not sure if the insurance company involved in the new set Volvo Aquarium survived :s