German shipowner aims to share costs after fire on boxship

The owner of a German boxship that suffered a fire off Singapore is aiming to share the costs of cargo and other damage.

The company, VC N Jupiter Shipping of Hamburg, has declared general average on the 8,814-teu Northern Jupiter (built 2010). The ship was hit by a blaze in its main engine on 4 January while in the Malacca Straits en route to Port Klang in Malaysia on 4 January.