Maersk-Essen

On March 24, 2024, the 'Maersk Essen', en route from San Vicente to Hongkong, stopped opposite the Papeete pass. The captain requested medical assistance. Once the aid had been obtained, the ship resumed the route without stopping in Tahiti. Report with photos: https://www.tntv.pf/tntvnews/polynesie/societe/un-navire-de-368m-demande-une-assistance-medicale-a-papeete/

Dissatisfied customers have raised a string of claims against the Maersk company after the 'Maersk Essen' lost 750 containers and had more than 75 more damaged on Jan 20, 20200, in the Pacific during a voyage from Xiamen to Los Angeles. The requirements run up to approx. 20 million Danish crowns. In addition to Maersk, the requirements were directed at MSC - with which Maersk is operating on the route - and the Chinese owners of the container ship. The accident happened in a weather that under US law was neither sudden and unexpected nor so serious that a well-maintained ship should not be able to sail through it without destroying the ship or the cargo, according to the American lawyer Joseph J. Perrone, who represents four of the dissatisfied customers.

On March 4, nearly two months after losing hundreds of containers overboard in the Pacific Ocean, the 'Maersk Essen' berthed at the APM terminal in Los Angeles and started discharging its cargo at its original destination. A number of containers bound for inland destinations have already departed by rail, while others remaining local have been picked up from the terminal. To avoid the southern California port congestion, the ship diverted to the APM Terminals in Lazaro Cardenas to remove the damaged containers and make minor repairs to the vessel. The ship remained stationary as of March 11.