JAPANESE shipping giant MOL
has suffered little financial loss from the sinking of its 8,110-TEU MOL
Comfort in July 2013, one of the largest ships ever lost at sea, reports
Lloyd's List.
“The whole damages in the
incident have been fully insured,"said managing executive officer Masahiro
Tanabe. “Financially we have [not seen] significant impact at all."
There may even be money to
be made from the sinking through yet to be resolved lawsuit against the
shipbuilder.
MOL has launched a lawsuit against
shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for negligence and vessel defects,
seeking at least $131.6 million for the whole vessel loss, costs of
strengthening sisterships as precautionary measures, and other damages.
The shipbuilder has rejected
all responsibilities while arguing that it had designed and constructed the
ships based on class rules, and that issues relating to ship operations such
as overweight containers - could have caused the casualty.
A dozen shippers, cargo
underwriters, container owners and and non-vessel-operating common carriers
have joined MOL’s suit against the shipbuilder under Japan’s Product Liability
Law, which is expected to last until at least 2015.
Source : HKSG.
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