General average declared after ship engine explosion

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Monday, February 13, 2012

The owner of the containership Hanjin Osaka has declared “general average,” following an explosion in its main engine on Jan. 8. MS Pelapas GmbH & Co. KG is the vessel owner, according to the shipping information database Equasis. It lists F. Laeisz as the ship manager, and a brochure on the F. Laeisz Website says the 1992-built Pelapas and its sister ships Perugia and Pereira are under long-term time charters to Hanjin. The vessels have a capacity of 4,024 TEUs and S...

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