According to the complaint, the cargo was loaded in good order and condition at Nhava Sheva and Hyderabad, India, and was intended for delivery in Savannah, Georgia, and Memphis, Tennessee. On or about August 28, 2024, the complaint states, numerous containers and their cargoes fell overboard from the M/V MSC ANTONIA and were lost at sea in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa, while other containers and their cargoes were damaged by a stow collapse. XL Specialty alleges that the defendants were instructed and agreed to maintain a transport temperature of twenty degrees Celsius throughout the carriage from Asia to the United States, and that the defendants knew or should have known that the cargoes required specific temperature-controlled conditions.
XL Specialty Insurance pursues shipping giants for $1.6 million pharma cargo loss
