船長從全面角度分析此意外,有啟發性。1,於Port of Baltimore ,船舶離泊位後,拖輪即不護航,此是否當地習慣?可能是其一關鍵處?!2,發電機及後備發電機竟同時失靈,顯然維修保養出了問題,索賠方當會質疑該輪於開航時不適航,若船東未能証實該輪適航,賠償金額或大增;3,國際公約按船舶噸位大小,限制每艘船的最大總金額賠償責任( limitation of liability),對貨主而言,按提單(Hague -Visby Rules 或Hague Rules )賠付;4,PNI club 協助船東打官師和賠付後,船東及後的有關保費估計大幅上調了。
Towage contract: UK standard towage condition 1986 (TOWCON) - 1, Hirer of tug is liable to its crews. 2, Tugowner has wide exemption from liability even from negligence and indemnity from tow.
Singapore-based Grace Ocean Private Ltd. owns the Dali, the vessel that lost power before it slammed into the bridge early last Tuesday. Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., also based in Singapore, is the ship’s manager. Their joint filing seeks to cap the companies’ liability at roughly $43.6 million. It estimates that the vessel itself is valued at up to $90 million and was owed over $1.1 million in income from freight. The estimate also deducts two major expenses: at least $28 million in repair costs and at least $19.5 million in salvage costs. The companies filed under a pre-Civil War provision of an 1851 maritime law that allows them to seek to limit their liability to the value of the vessel’s remains after a casualty. It’s a mechanism that has been employed as a defense in many of the most notable maritime disasters, said James Mercante, a New York City-based attorney with over 30 years of experience in maritime law.
According to the recent report regarding the collapse, the generators did not kick off, so the key issue might be the electric or control problem and not the generators themselves. There are three types of fuel oils on board . Their fuel samples are sent for testing the impurities. The crews were tested for alcohol and drugs after 14 hours of the event. The pilots were also tested. All results found negative.