Secure your Containers
Containers are normally insured by the shipping lines when they travel in their container ships or port terminals, but not when the containers are transported by land within the country’s own borders.
What does this insurance covers?
- Damage to the container during its land transit as a consequence of an accident of the means of transport and loading and unloading maneuvers
- Damage to the container due to detachment of the contained cargo causing damage to the structure.
- Total theft of the container
- Damage caused to the machinery of the container; isothermal, heating, isotanks, controlled atmospheres and similar.
- Loss or damage caused by natural hazards; earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, lightning, tsunami, hurricane, typhoon, tropical depressions.
- Extraordinary cleanup
- Delays as a result of repair of the container due to an accident with a 5-day limit
Types of containers insured
- 20' Dry containers
- 40' Dry containers
- 20' Reefer containers
- 40' Reefer containers
- 20' Special containers
- 40' Special containers
- 53' Special containers
- Tank containers or tanktainers
- Standard containers
- High cube containers
- Open top containers
- Open side containers
- Flat rack containers
- Railway Tank Car containers are insured with a special policy for this type of tanker
Can container insurances be a guarantee among shipping lines?
Its coverage consists of guaranteeing, vis-à-vis shipping companies, and the departure of containers from the port.
Where does container insurance coverage begin?
Coverage under this insurance begins upon removal of the container from the port and ends upon return of the empty container by the consignee.
Benefits:
- Insure your containers on a voyage-by-voyage basis
- Insure according to container arrival schedule
- Weekly or biweekly payments
- Self-issuance of policies
