Brand new JCB Machines at risk in the Solent Cargo Ship saga

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A number of newspapers and broadcasters have been following up the story on the cargo ship that is listing in The Solent. For those of you needing additional information, please see the following.

There are 105 JCB machines on board the 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.

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.

Caption: A 50-tonne JCB JS500 tracked excavator, one of the models on board the stricken vessel.

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