News / Maersk Saltoro delay may mean multi-million dollar claims for cherry shippers

Maersk Saltoro. Photo: VesselFinder

Chile’s cherry exporters could be looking at multi-million dollar losses after their shipments on the Maersk Saltoro turned bad after the vessel developed engine trouble.

EconDB’s data shows the 9,962 teu Maersk Saltoro suffered a breakdown in the Pacific while sailing from Chile to Nansha, China, arrived on Monday, 28 days late.

Chinese authorities reportedly declined to allow in any of the 1,360 reefers containing Chilean cherries, as many of the fruits had decayed. At the time of writing, Maersk Saltoro ...