News / GA declarations retreat as clients await boxes from Maersk Elba and ONE Apus

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19/01/2021

MSC has advised its customers it had taken an “exceptional decision”: to cover the costs of repairs, following a fire onboard the 13,492 teu Maersk Elba at the end of December, in order to avoid General Average.

The carrier said it wanted “to avoid additional costs ...

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