Owners told to pay 60% to reclaim cars stranded after cargo ship fire

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Three months after the incident, one car owner says he still cannot reclaim his vehicle due to a maritime clause.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/18/owners-told-to-pay-60-to-reclaim-cars-stranded-after-cargo-ship-fire/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/18/kapal-kargo-terbakar-pemilik-dakwa-terpaksa-bayar-60-harga-kereta-tersadai/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #CargoShip #StrandedCars #MaritimeClause

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00:00Nearly 1,000 vehicles headed for Kota Kinabalu remain stuck at Port Klang after the cargo

00:07ship transporting them caught fire on December 3rd last year, 9.1 nautical miles off Tanjung

00:12Labu, Patu Pahat, forcing it to turn back.

00:15A TikTok video showed some vehicles visibly damaged by the fire and claimed that owners

00:20must pay 60% of their car's value to retrieve them, even if their cars were unaffected.

00:26Unaffected owner Firdaus Yusa said that nearly three months later, the cause of the fire

00:31remains unknown and that the cars are being held due to a general average clause which

00:36requires all cargo owners to share the financial burden of damage at sea.

00:41He said many owners were unaware that maritime insurance was not included in their shipping

00:45costs despite paying up to 2,700 ringgit for transport and are now struggling with

00:50additional costs relying on ride-hailing services for daily commutes.

00:56Firdaus, who recently moved from Kuala Kangsar to Tawau, said many have to borrow cars from

01:01relatives and neighbours as a result.

01:04He also questioned why insurance was not included in the invoice and said the shipping agents

01:09were avoiding responsibility by shifting blame onto the owners for not inquiring.

01:14He has since filed a police report and urged others to do the same.

01:18When contacted by FMT, the agent handling the shipments said the issue should be referred

01:23to the shipping company.

01:25Dhanushwaja Reza, FMT News.

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