Napoli stow plan now released

ALAN PEAT
THE LOCAL marine underwriting industry is sill sitting tight as it tries to calculate just how much the MSC Napoli wreck is going to cost – and, if a client’s cargo is on-board, where it is in the broken vessel, and when it will be off-loaded for assessment. As was expected, the ship’s manifest has not been made public, but – according to an FTW source in the Association of Marine Underwriters of SA (Amusa) – the stow plan has now been released in London. This, said our “Deep Throat”, gives insurers and cargo owners a lot of valuable information – provided they know the number of the container in which their consignment is being transported. But, for those without a number or with cargo possibly in a consolidated, less-than-container-load (LCL) box, it’s going to be a long wait until they know the fate of their goods, he added. “Months” is the word being used.