Difficulties owners and salvors face when looking for a place or port of refuge

Capt. John

Nick Barber, Standard Club’s partner, provides an insight into the matter of finding a place or port of refuge that is willing and is able to accept a damaged vessel and cargo, and the challenges behind it, as it seems to be an issue affecting owners and salvors of mega box ships.

According to Mr Barber, the challenges on identifying a place or port of refuge are:

  1. The risk of the ship sinking in a fairway and causing substantial economic loss;
  2. The size of the ship and height of the container...

https://safety4sea.com/difficulties-owners-and-salvors-face-when-looking-for-a-place-or-port-of-refuge/

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