105 machines at risk as cargo ship founders in The Solent.
105 JCB machines are on board a stricken cargo ship, the Hoegh Osaka, which has been grounded in The Solent. These include 50-tonne and 33-tonne JCB tracked excavators. Also on board are backhoe loaders, Loadall telescopic handlers, wheeled loading shovels and Teletruk forklifts. All the machines are made at JCB’s Staffordshire factories. In addition, the ship is carrying around 1,200 new cars including Jaguar Land Rover and Mini models.
A JCB spokesman said: “There are 105 JCB machines on board the grounded cargo ship which were destined for dealers in the Middle East. We are awaiting further information from the shipping carrier about the current status of the machines and any plans they may have for retrieval.”
Note that the machines are owned by JCB’s dealers in the Middle East, the region they were being shipped to. Their value runs into millions of pounds.
