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Event Date: January 13 2011
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On The Scene -- Brisbane, Australia
A 2011 Countryman & McDaniel
Cargo Nightmare Prize Contender
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The Cargo Letter Photo Gallery of Transport Loss - Items Below Are Only A Sample "Gear To Rail Fail" - MV Beluga Endurance - Jan. 2011 "Becoming The Tuna Can" - F/V Apollo S - Jan. 2011 "Plugging Up The Hooghly" - M/V Tiger Spring Jan. 8 2011 "Getting Down At YYZ" - Dec. 7 2010 "Jork'd In The Open Ocean" - Oct. 21 2010 "How To Join Your Tuna" - Oct. 17 2010 "Discovery of The Black Pearl"- October 7 2010 "Haystack Hits Needle"- Sept. 18 2010 "Training For Disaster At Wild River" - August 29 2010 "Mumbai Departure" - M/V MSC Chitra - Aug. 2010 "Taken For Granite" - M/V Sophie Oldendorff July 4 2010 "Going Strait" - M/V Zhong Xing - June 2 2010 "Lost Horizons" - SSV Deep Horizon - April 29 2010 "Coaling On The Great Barrier Reef" - April 3 2010 "Poor Margaet, She's Just Blasted" - March 8 2010 "The Prisoners of Bothnia" - March 6 2010 "Getting Gil?" - M/V Ady Gil & High Seas Adventure - Feb. 7 2010 "Bear Eats Cub" - Jan. 30 2010 "Life & Death At Port -au-Prince" - Jan. 12 2010 "Royal Air Flight 988 Down - But Why?" - Jan. 5 2010 "Miracle At Kingston" - Dec. 31 2009 "Did You Hear That?" - Dec. 26 2009 "Star Crossed" - JDS Kurama - Dec. 1 2009 "General Motors Increases Training" - Nov. 28 2009 "Singapore Sling" - M/V MSC Kalina - Nov. 12 2009 "Road Warrior" - Important Moments In Transport History - Nov. 2009 "The Bridge On The River Shetrumji" - India Road Trip - Nov. 2009 "Make 25 Knots, Then Sit" - M/V Marko Polo - Nov. 2009 "Reefer Madness" - M/V Vega Gotland - Oct. 2009 "Meet Me At The Roundabout" - M/V MCS Nikita - Sept. 2009 "Auckward Straddle" - Sept. 2009 "Death of M/V Ioannis N.V." - August 2009 "Big Bunch 'O Black Barges - Beached" - Barge Margaret "Walvis Wollover" - June 2009 "Pacific Mis-Adventure" - May 2009 "MV Maersk Alabama - 206 Year Deja Vu" - April 2009 "The Retaking of M/V Maersk Alabama" - April 2009 "Miracle At Schiphol" - Flight TK 1951 - March. 2009 "Do Not Chill" - FedEx life with the ATR-42 - March. 2009 "Miracle On The Hudson" - Flight 1549 - Jan. 2009 "The Attack On M/V Zhen Hua 4" - Dec. 2008 "The Taking of MT Biscaglia" - Jan. 2009 "M/V Ciudad de Ushuaia Stuck At The Pole" - Dec. 2008 "The Taking of M/T Sirius Star" - Somalia Pirates Take Supertanker - Stakes Raised - Nov.- Jan. 2008 "Fedra Backs In" - Death of M/V Fedra" - Oct. 2008 "Tank You, From The Somali Pirates" - Somalia - M/V Faina - Sept.- Jan. 2009 "The Death of Hercules" - Nov. 2008 "JAXPORT Jumble" - August 2008 "Callsign Connie: 44 Tragic Days" - July 2008 "Too Little Runway - Too Much Plane" - TACA Flt 390 - June 2008 "Recurring Dream" - M/V Norwegian Dream - May 2008 "Paradise & Pirates" - S/V Le Ponant - April 2008 "The Light At The End of The Tunnel" - M/V Zhen Hua 10 & 23 - Mar. 2008 "Mess At Manzanillo" - M/V CMA CGM Dahlia - Mar. 2008 "Big Battered Banana Boat" - M/V Horncliff - Feb. 2008 "Back To The Beach" - M/V Riverdance - Feb. 2008 "Glider Operations At Heathrow" -- B-777 Crash - Jan. 2008 "Fighting Fires On Mars"- Martin Mars - Dec. 2007 "Steeplechase"- A340 - Nov. 2007 "Explorer Ship Down" - M/V Explorer - Nov. 2007 "Kwanyang Crane Kaboom" - Nov. 2007 "Den Den Done" - M/V Denden - Sept. 2007 "For The "L" of It" - M/V Action Alpha - August 2007 "Stack Attack!" - M/V Ital Florida - July 2007 "Pepito Flores Did Not Need To Die " - OUR INVESTIGATION RESULTS "Riding Down The Marquis" - M/V Rickmars Dalian - June2007 "Carrying Coal To Newcastle" - M/V Pasha Bulker - June 2007 "Between A Yacht & A Hard Place" M/V Madame Butterfly - May 2007 "Boxing Up The Rhine" M/V Excelsior - April 2007 " "Crack'n On The Sidmouth" - M/V MSC Napoli - Jan. 2007 - Disaster In Real Time |
"Singles Only" -- Our One Photo Disasters These Are Only Examples "Full Speed Ahead" - M/V Alva Star - Nov. 2006 "Where The Trade Winds Blew" - Oct. 2006 "Maersk Montevideo Melee!" - M/V Leda Maersk - Oct. 2006 "Laying Down On The Job" - M/V Cougar Ace -- Aug. 2006 -- Amazing ! "Vine Ripened Tires" - M/V Saga Spray -- May 2006 -- Amazing ! "Mis-Fortune" - M/V Hyundai Fortune - March 2006 "Scheldt Snafu!" - M/V Grande Nigeria - Feb. 2006 "A Day A The Beach - M/V APL Panama - Jan. 2006 - OUR EPIC COVERAGE "NO Rails" - destruction of New Orleans - Dec. 2005 "Backhaul !" - for July 2005 "The Boeing Tri-Motor" - for April 2005 "Catch of The Day" - for March 2005 "One Brick Short of A Runway" - for Jan. 2005 "Taichung Tumble" - May 2009 "World's Most Stupid Pirates" - May 2009 "LAX Lunch Deja Vu" - May 2009 M/T Vicuna Explodes - for Jan. 2005 "Unstacked" - overboard & Dr. Beach - Nov. 2004 "Coal Face" - the cargo was danger - July 2004 "Super Loss" - March 2004 "On A Wing & A Prayer" - Jan. 2004 "Stepping In It" - Dec. 2003 "Angel Fire" - Nov. 2003 "Broken Spirit" - M/V Tasman Spirit - Aug. 2003 "Denise & Polargo" - a love story - July 2003 "Columbia River Round Up" - June 2003 "Keel Hualed" - M/V Hual Europe - May 2003 "Thrice Bitten" -- M/V Tricolor - Jan. 2003 "Ramp-Age" - Feb. 2003 "Piñata" - breaking the box - Jan. 2003 "Halifax Hash"--M/V Maersk Carolina - Jan. 2003 "Thar She Blows!" - M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania - Nov. 2002 "T-E-U Bar-Be-Cue" - aftermath of M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania "Container Pool" - a mystery - May 2002 "Strangers On My Flight" -- by Frank Sinatra - don't blame us - we only report this stuff! "Dropping In On The Trucker" - it happened again - April 2002 "UNDER Achiever" - tell your friends ! - March 2002 Tell It To The U.S. Marines! - A Symbol of Our Day of Infamy - Sept. 11 Heavy Metal - lifting the un-liftable object - Disaster at Monrovia July 2001 Rail Mate -- an Egyptian rail loss - Tragedy At Ain Sokhna July 2001 Meals: Ready To Explode - Navy container barbecue at Guam! June 2001 America West Kisses Concrete M/V Ville De Orion - stack shift at LAX U.S. Navy EP- 3 -- China Hostage Situation - Spring 2001 Attack On USS Cole (DDG-67) - - Dramatic Photos! M/V OOCL America - Feb. 2000 M/V APL China - world's greatest container disaster - Nov. 1998 M/V New Carissa - the ship that would not die - 1999 M/V Tampa Maersk "on a dock diet" Hanjin's Bad Stab - Under The Dock At Pusan, Korea - Exclusive Photo! The Complete Cargo Letter Photo Gallery of Transport Loss
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A Cargo Nightmare Prize Contender
The Date: January 10 to January 13 2011
The Time: Throughout
The Place: Brisbane, Australia
The Cargo: Parcel Delivery
"The Parcel
Pool" On The Scene
At
Brisbane, Australia January
13 2011 Toll Logistics
In Better &
Current Days -- Even First Class Logistics Operators Are
Subject To Nature PROLOG
The Queensland
Floods: A series of floods hit
Australia,
beginning in December 2010, primarily in the state of
Queensland
including its capital city, Brisbane.
The floods forced the evacuation of thousands of people
from towns and cities.[ At least seventy towns and
over 200,000 people were affected. Damage initially was
estimated at around A$1Bn. The estimated reduction in
Australia's
GDP is about A$30Bn. Three-quarters of the
state of Queensland
was declared a disaster zone. Communities along the
Fitzroy
and Burnett
Rivers were
particularly hard hit, while the
Condamine,
Ballone and
Mary
Rivers recorded
substantial flooding. An unexpected flash flood raced
through Toowoomba's
central business district before devastating communities
in the Lockyer
Valley. A few days
later thousands of houses in
Ipswich and
Brisbane
were inundated as the Brisbane
River
rose and Wivenhoe
Dam used a
considerable proportion of its flood mitigation capacity.
Volunteers were quick to offer assistance and sympathy
was expressed from afar. A large mobilisation of the
Australian
Defence Force was
activated and a relief fund created. The
Queensland
Reconstruction Authority
was formed to co-ordinate the rebuilding program and a
Commission of Inquiry established to investigate matters
related to the floods. The 2010&endash;2011
floods killed 35 people in Queensland.
As of 26 January, an additional nine people were missing.
The Queensland
floods were followed by the 2011 Victorian floods which
saw more than fifty communities in western and central
Victoria
also grapple with significant flooding. Jan. 2011:
During the period from Jan. 10 to Jan.13 2011 there were
fears that the extent of the flooding could exceed the
levels of the 1974 flood, which killed 14 people and
inundated more than 6,700 homes. The emergency escalated
quickly during the day, with more than 30 low-lying
suburbs on high alert and inner-city suburbs including
West
End and
Fortitude
Valley being
evacuated. As the
Brisbane
River breached its
banks in several place to engulf parks and footbridges
and heavy rain continued to fall on the metropolitan
area, the city's main roads and public transport system
quickly became clogged as hundreds of people rushed to
get to higher ground. There would be disruption
in the supply chain and unforeseen consequences for
Toll
Logistics Ltd. of
Brisbane,
Australia between
Jan. 10 and Jan. 13 2010. Despite all the care,
preparation and skill --
it
all -- of course -- boils down to our guiding code.
"Ship
Happens! ©" This feature should bring
home to all of us the importance of securing high quality
cargo insurance for our shipments. The shipments you will
see below will yield very little reimbursement for the
cargo owners under "Terms of Contract." which provide
standard limits of liability for each
shipment. no matter how big or how
small your shipment ~~ insure it!
Michael
S. McDaniel
- Your Editor
Toll Logistics (Toll Group) Is A Leading Provider of Integrated Services in The Asia Region, Generating Annual Consolidated Revenue of AU$6.9Bn
Toll Logistics Operates An Extensive Network of Over 1100+ Locations In More Than 50 Countries.
No One At Toll Logistics Operations Could Have Anticipated The Historic Rains And Subsequent Events of Jan. 10 To Jan. 13 2010
The Lakes Around Brisbane Are Beautiful -- But Not In The Parking Lot of Toll Logistics !
These Rains Were Historic, Stretching All Logistics Providers To The Limit
It Is Generally A Bad Sign For The Toll Logistics Loading Docks To Be Under Water -- What Scene Will Await Inside?
Historic Floods In Brisbane, Jan. 10th to 13th 2010 - video
The Toll Logistics "Parcel Pool" -- Millions of Dollors of Floating Cargo. How Much of This Was Covered By Quality Cargo Insurance?
There Is One Parcel Still Bouncing Around From Christmas ~~ On The Right.
We Hope The Gift Is A Bathing Suit (Known in Australia As A "Cossie" Or "Sluggos")
Thousands Flee In Historic Brisbane Flooding - video
The Toll Logistics "Parcel Pool" Loss Field
Sadly, So Many of These Shippers Did Not Have Quality Cargo Insurance To Protect Their Inerests
This Reminds of That Closing Shot In Raiders of The Lost Ark ~ As The Camera Pulls Back Through The Government Warehouse To Near Infinity
Despite All The Care,Ppreparation And Skill -- Nature Will Have Her Way -- And Once Aagin ~~ "Ship Happens! ©"
Brisbane 2010 Flooding ~ The Aftermath ` video
The Parcel Business Is Tough Enough Without Epic Flooding!
McD
To Repeat -- No Matter How Careful You Are -- Or Who You Hire ....... "Ship Happens! ©"
Get Your "Ship Happens! ©" Gear!
Visit The Cargo Law Ship's Store For Great Industry Gift Ideas!
The members of Toll Logistics& their familes.
SPECIAL NOTE: The historic dangers of carriage by air & sae continue to be quite real. Shippers must be encouraged to purchase high quality marine cargo insurance from their freight forwarder or customs broker.
It's very dangerous out there.
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FEATURES:
Important Links To Our Feature:About Toll Logistics - a leader in regional logistics
Some of Our Fire At Sea Features:
"Great Misfortune"- M/V Hyundai Fortune - March 2006M/T Vicuna Explodes - for Jan. 2005
"T-E-U Bar-Be-Cue" - aftermath of the M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania Loss - Nov. 2002
"Thar She Blows!" - M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania - Nov. 2002
"Meals: Ready To Explode" - Navy Barbecue at Guam June 2001
And ..... "Fighting Fires On Mars" - Jan. 2008Our Daily Vessel Casualties - stay informed
"Singles Only" - visit our individual moments of transport crisis for more.
The Greatest Container Losses Of All Time - these are the grand fathers -
M/V OOCL AmericaM/V APL Panama - The EPIC
"Great Misfortune"- M/V Hyundai Fortune - March 2006
SPECIAL NOTE: The historic dangers of carriage by sea continue to be quite real. Shippers must be encouraged to purchase high quality marine cargo insurance from their freight forwarder or customs broker.It's very dangerous out there.
Thanks To Our Contributors For The "The Parcel Pool" FeatureOur Contributors for this feature is:Anonymous Contributor Who Must Remain AnonymousThe Cargo Letter appreciates the continuing efforts of our valued contributors.
NOTE: Please Provide Us With Your Additional Information For This Loss.
EDITOR'S NOTE FOR SURVEYORS, ATTORNEYS & MARINE ADJUSTERS: The Internet edition effort of The Cargo Letter now celebrates it's 8th Year of Service -- making us quite senior in this segment of the industry. We once estimated container underway losses at about 1,500 per year. Lloyd's put that figure at about 10,000 earlier this year. Quite obviously, the reporting mechanism for these massive losses is not supported by the lines. News of these events is not posted to the maritime community. Our new project is to call upon you -- those handling the claims -- to let us know of each container loss at sea-- in confidentiality. Many of you survey on behalf of cargo interests with no need for confidentiality. Others work for the lines & need to be protected. As a respected Int'l publication, The Cargo Letter enjoys full press privileges & cannot be forced to disclose our sources of information. No successful attempt has ever been made. If a personal notation for your report is desired -- each contributor will be given a "hot link" to your company Website in each & every report. Please take moment & report your "overside" containers to us. If you do not wish attribution, your entry will be "anonymous." This will will benefit our industry -- for obvious reasons! McD
* NOTE: The Cargo Letter wants you to know that by keeping the identity of our contributors 100% Confidential, you are able to view our continuing series of "Cargo Disasters." Our friends send us materials which benefit the industry. The materials are provided to our news publication with complete and enforceable confidentiality for the sender. In turn, we provide these materials to you.
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