Analysis of a marine cargo insurance case

Background: In a marine cargo insurance case, many glass lens was loaded in one container and transported from USA to Shanghai At the time of discharging, all pallets were found in normal condition. When the end-user received the cargo, one pallet was found fresh-waterdamaged. The glass lens were very carefully packaged and the warehouse was found dry and clean at the time of survey. It was assumed in the preliminary survey report that the water might have entered into the container