News / Lack of info on box contents stalling unloading operations on ONE Apus

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Surveyors contracted to inspect the damaged cargo and containers on the ONE Apus say discharging operations are likely take several more weeks.

And a decision on whether to declare general average has yet to be taken.

By Friday, 232 boxes had been removed from the vessel, which lost 1,816 boxes overboard, including 64 containing dangerous goods (DG), after it encountered heavy weather near Hawaii on 30 November en route to Long Beach.

It returned to Kobe and unloading was suspended for the seasonal ...