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"Overlooking Runway 25 - Right, at Los Angeles International Airport"
Or
Completing the Float Test?
On The Scene At Port of Montevideo !
Feature Date: October 8, 2006
Event Date: October 3, 2006
The Air & Ocean Logistics- Customs Broker Attorneys
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"Overlooking Runway 25 - Right, at Los Angeles International Airport"
On The Scene -- The Port of Montevideo, Uruguay!
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"Maersk
Montevideo Melee!"
On The
Scene
The Port of
Montevideo M/V Leda
Maersk In
Container Melee Completing The Float Test?
The Date: October 3 2006
The Time: Early Moning
The Place: Port of Montevideo, Uruguay
M/V Leda
MaerskaIn
Better Days Built
-2001 Yard
- Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. Maiden Voyage
- August 2001 Type of
Vessel -Container Carrier - Post Panmax Vessel Class
- Series L Home Port
- Ebeltoft Flag -
Denmark BRT -
50721 Displacement
-50,271
gross tons D.W.T
- 60.500 tons Overall
Length - 266.34 meters Beam
-37.3 meters Capacity
- 3,700 TEU Main Engine
Samsung MAN-B&W 10K90MC - BHP 62,200 Service Speed
- 24.7 knots PROLOG
>>
It's early Tuesday, 3 Oct. 2006
--M/V
Leda Maersk --
with thousands of cargo containers --begins to
offload her cargo at the
Port
of Montevideo,
Uruguay. Word: "melee" Variants: also
mê·lée /'mA-"lA, mA-'/ Etymology: French
mêlée, from Old French meslee,
from mesler to mix -- more at MEDDLE: a confused
struggle. This morning a
confused struggle (a"melee") would begin at the
Port
of Montevideo
to save import cargo aboard
M/V
Leda Maersk.
Function:
noun
The Morning Is Quiet As M/V Leda Maersk Comes Under The Gantry At TCP Terminal
Containers Under The Hook At TCP Terminal, Port of Montevideo
Due To Probable Gantry Crane Operator Mistake, One 40HC Laden Container Hit A Row of Containers On Deck of M/V Leda Maersk!
Ever Play The Game of Dominos? Here a Melee!
In A Domino Effect, 18 Containers Toppled Overboard M/V Leda Maersk.
Here, Rescue Vessels Answer The Tragic Screams of Microwave Ovens & Computer Drives Caught In The Melee!
Reader Note: To the many of you who continue to question whether containers float from time to time, there are no container life preservers in these photos. McD
Here Divers Connect A Telephone To Attempt Contact With The Microwave Ovens & Computer Drives Trapped Inside -- A Search For Survivors!
A Conservative Estimate Is That Over 10,000 Containers Go Overside Cargo Vessels Each Year.*
Shippers Must Have Quality Marine Cargo Insurance ........ Because......... "Ship Happens! ©"
To Repeat -- No Matter How Careful You Are -- Or Who You Hire ....... "Ship Happens! ©"
"Ship Happens! ©"
* No microwave oven was harmed in the filming of this unplanned cargo disaster. But pity the cargo actually laden within these containers. We hope they had quality marine cargo insurance.
The Dedication of This Feature Is Simple: To The Crew of M/V Leda Maersk and her families. No injuries in this amazing incident.
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 dangerous out there.
INDEX TO OUR "Maersk Montevideo Melee!" PAGE SPECIAL FEATURES:The SceneThis feature was posted 3 days after the event -- quickly -- more features to be added hereThe Owners
This feature was posted 3 days after the event -- quickly -- more features to be added hereThe Salvors
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Thanks To Our Contributors For The"Maersk Montevideo Melee!" FeatureOur Contributor for this feature is:Anonymous, but well connected photo contributor who wishes to be anonymous*The Cargo Letter appreciates the continuing efforts of this valued contributor. Thanks Pal!
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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
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