Brand new JCB kit in peril in the Solent

by Nick Drew | Mon 05 Jan 2015

Brand new JCB kit in peril in the Solent

A number of newspapers and broadcasters have been following up the story on the cargo ship that is listing in The Solent. The Digger Man Blog has received this update from JCB on the types of machines involved in the ongoing drama

There are 105 JCB machines on board the stricken cargo ship, the Hoegh Osaka, which has been grounded in The Solent. These include the 50-tonne export only model 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.

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