The Case of the Misshipment of Passenger Elevator

Entrusted by the owner, the insured boxed and exported 4 customized elevators to Colombia and 2 customized elevators to Russia respectively. At the end of March 2022, the consignee of Colombia received the elevator that were actually ordered by the consignee of Russia. So far, it was found that 4 elevators and 2 elevators were loaded with reverse containers, resulting in the wrong shipment of goods, involving the value of 1 million RMB.

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A fire broke out in the photovoltaic inverter

Amazon installed a solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the roof of its delivery warehouse in northeastern Maryland, which caught fire on June 1, 2021. The fire originated from a photovoltaic inverter manufactured by a power system company in Shanghai, China.

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The Case of Breaking Wires of Crane

On September 8th, 2021, when unloading H-type steels at Hong Kong anchorage, the steel wire of number three crane was found to break, causing three H-type steels to fall on the number three compartment and one on the main deck.

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The Case of the Abnormal Operating Condition of the Main Engine

On November 17th, 2021, the number three air cylinder set stopped working because its temperature of scavenging was too high. All piston rings of the set had been found broken.

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The Case of Poor Pilotage Collision

On July 5th, 2022, when in the process of piloting, ships and docks collided because of poor visibility and strong falling tide, leading to the formation of depression and holes between the bulb bow and the left anchor, and the damage of the concrete platform edge of the wharf.

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A Electroplating Enterprise

The environmental risk substances involved in the enterprise were: sulfuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, gold potassium cyanide, potassium cyanide, sodium cyanide, cuprous cyanide, banana oil, etc., and the on-site storage had been verified. Our company had acquired the basic information of the enterprise, including the enterprise scale and the number of full-time environmental safety management personnel, etc. The management situation of enterprise environmental procedures was checked, and no illegal behavior was found. The pollution discharge of the enterprise was verified, and no excessive emission was found. Environmental protection facilities met the production needs of the enterprise. The collection and disposal situation of solid waste and hazardous waste were inspected, and no obvious defects were found. The enterprise was equipped with relevant emergency supplies on site.

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A Mental Material Enterprise

The environmental risk substances involved in the enterprise were: acetylene, liquid nitrogen, liquid ammonia, hydrochloric acid, diluent series, sodium hydroxide, degrease agent, SC FILM215S chrome-free fingerprint resistant agent, epoxy back paint, etc., and the on-site storage had been verified. Our company had acquired the basic information of the enterprise, including the enterprise scale and the number of full-time environmental safety management personnel. The management of environmental protection procedures of enterprises had been inspected, and relevant environmental protection procedures had been passed, including the EIA approval, completion acceptance report, emission permit application, cleaner production audit, emergency plan filing, safety status assessment report, etc. The pollution discharge of the enterprise was verified, and no excessive emission was found. Environmental protection facilities met the production needs of the enterprise. The collection and disposal situation of hazardous waste were inspected, and no obvious defects were found. The enterprise was equipped with relevant emergency supplies on site.

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The Case of the Dumper Turnover

The dumper with the underlying value of about 400,000 RMB was transported by rail and sea from Tianjin New Harbor, China to the Peru project site. On October 10th, 2021, a traffic accident occurred when the dumper was transported by rail from the unloading port to the insured project site, and it fell into a deep ditch on the roadside and was damaged.

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The Case of the Damaged Shield Segments

From July 2018 to May 2019, shield segments with the underlying value of about $7 million were shipped from China to a under river tunnel project in Bangladesh in seven batches. The mode of transportation was inland transport by barge to Luojing Port of Shanghai, then the shipment was sailed from Luojing Port to Chittagong, Bangladesh, finally the loading was transported from Chittagong to the project site.

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The Case of Unwrought Mixed Cobalt Pollution

In December 2018, about $8.6 million worth of unwrought cobalt in barrels were loaded into nine 20-foot containers from Tianjin New Harbor to Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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The Case of the Pumping Station Project under Construction Inundated by Floods

A foreign pump station project was insured against erection all risks insurance and against loss of construction machinery and tools. On some day in October 2021, the temporary cofferdam of the project was destroyed by flood caused by typhoon and rainfall, and part of butterfly valves, motors, pumps and other equipment or construction machinery and tools in the pump station were washed away or damaged.

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The Case of Flooded Asphalt Roads under construction

On October 13th, 2020, Typhoon "Nangka" brought continuous heavy rainfalls, which made part of the newly completed construction section of the railway flooded for half a month. Around the end of October, the flood gradually receded, and a large number of potholes appeared on the flooded section, many road materials were washed away, and parts of the road shoulder were eroded by the current. The insured claimed USD 754,200.00 in total according to the amount of repairing the damaged section of the road, of which the value the graded fine stone basement was as high as USD 550,307.00.

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