Release the vessel.
For an owner, distressed cargo is a vessel-employment problem that happens to involve cargo. The governing constraint is the date the ship must move.
What matters in these cases
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Vessel delay
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Rejected cargo
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Alternative discharge
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Urgent buyer
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Cargo removal
Two problems, not one
Keep the liability discussion open and pursue every lawful route that gets the cargo off the ship in parallel. Alternative discharge, discharge into bonded storage pending resolution, and sale in place are all live options long before the technical dispute is settled.
Quantify the delay first
Once the daily cost of the situation is on paper — hire or lost employment, bunkers, port charges, berth exposure and the knock-on effect on the next fixture — a discounted cargo sale often becomes clearly the better outcome.
Document the mitigation
Every approach made, every offer received and the timing of each decision should be recorded. Mitigation that cannot be evidenced is difficult to rely on later in the claim.
Cases requiring an outright principal purchase and physical removal can be referred to Pommer & Partners.
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The two operational shapes distressed cargo takes, and the intelligence behind each.
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