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Structural Failure, break in two and sinking of Containership MOL Comfort


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Τα πρώτα χαμπέρια για τα αδερφάκια του MOL Comfort ίσως να δείχνουν και την αιτία του συμβάντος.

 

Buckling found on MOL Comfort sisterships

 

ClassNK today released the preliminary findings of the investigation into the cause of the MOL Comfort's splitting in half, catching on fire and sinking earlier this year.

"During the inspections of the sister vessels, buckling type deformations measuring approximately 20mm in height were observed on the bottom shell plates in the vicinity of center line of midship area,” ClassNK said today.

It remains unclear whether the deformations on the sister vessels are signs of a weakness that led to the MOL Comfort’s sinking, but the ship’s sister vessels continue to undergo preventative structural reinforcements. The location of the deformities is also consistent with the belief that the failure began at the bottom of the ship, as indicated by the presence of water-ingress at bottom-midship at the start of the casualty.

The MOL Comfort had six sisterships; MOL Celebration, MOL Courage and MOL Creation have all completed their structural reinforcements, along with MOL Charisma and MOL Competence, but the youngest of the sisterships, MOL Commitment is not expected to be ready before February 2014.

ClassNK said shipowners are cooperating with the Japanese class society to investigate whether similar deformities are apparent on other large container ships of different designs.

ClassNK has recommended that crew on large container vessels check for signs of deformation on the bottom shell plates, and are offering free of charge inspections by surveyors if requested by a shipowner. The class society is recommending an occasional survey for any ship showing any consecutive deformations along its length.

 

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Το CLCSS (Committee on Large Container Ship Safety) έβγαλε ένα πόρισμα για τα αίτια του ατυχήματος στο MOL Comfort για το οποίο το IACS θα το μελετήσει και θα βγάλει τα συμπεράσματά του.

 

 

The final report that was issued in Japan by the Committee on Large Container Ship Safety (CLCSS) has concluded that the break up of the containership MOL Comfort that occurred back in June of 2013 was a result of the sea loads exceeding the hull girder ultimate strength during the time of accident.

 

Ενώ τα claims εναντίον της ΜΗΙ ξεπερνούν τα 500 εκ. δολλάρια.

 

 

Now the amassed claims result to $501m and represent the biggest cargo claims led by Japanese insurance firms Tokyo Marine Nichido and Mitsui Sumitomo Marine. Allianz’s global claims estimates evaluate the insured loss of the ship to be $523m, including $440m from cargo loss and $83m from the body of the ship. Additional financial claims are being made by MOL against MHI including the renovation of MOL Comfort’s sisterships fleet built in 2008 as a safety measure.

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