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1 Executive summary

1 Executive summary

1.1 CargoShortage - mainly caused by:

• Improper cargo handling shipside

• Impropercargohandlingandpoortally
Type of cargo claims• Loaded or unloaded cargo not being properly calculated

Costly cargo claims are often due to catastrophic claims, • Incorrect cargo handling shipside or shore-side
such as total losses; ires; or navigational claims, which we

deine as collisions, contact or groundings.Contamination – mainly caused by:

Apart from catastrophic claims, the most expensive • Improper cargo handling shipside
cargo claims are contamination. This means that cargo was
• Improper cargo handling shore-side
contaminated or not in a proper condition when loaded, • Ineficient cleaning prior to loading

which is usually caused by an inherent vice or water leaking • Poor maintenance of cargo holds
through cargo hatches.
• Mixingofincompatiblecargoes
• Contaminatedcargoorhighmoisturecontentpriortoloading

Bulk carriers• Inherent vice*

Wet damage – mainly caused by:
• Improper cargo handling shipside

• Improper cargo handling shore-side
*Risk of deterioration of goods shipped as a result of their natural behaviour in
• Cargo being wet when loadedthe ordinary course of a voyage without the intervention of any random external
• Leakycargohatchesaccident or casualty.

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