Seatrade Maritime is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

MOL Charisma refloated after grounding in SE Asia

Photo: Hummelhummel, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons MOL_Charisma_Wikipedia.jpg
Containership MOL Charisma has been successfully refloated following a grounding between Vung Tau, Vietnam and Singapore.

Ocean Network Express (ONE) said the 2007-built, MOL Charisma had run aground on 5 July evening while sailing from Vung Tau to Singapore. The container line said the vessel was successfully refloated on the morning of 6 July. The were no injuries or oil spill as a result of the incident.

The MOL Charisma is deployed on ONE’s East Coast 5 Service.

“We are currently waiting for the vessel owner's assessment of the vessel condition and will advise further regarding her schedule and cargo arrangements once more information is available,” ONE said in a customer advisory.

In September last year the MOL Charisma suffered a cargo fire off Sri Lanka.