ABSTRACT
This was previously part of a larger provision which included ‘contact with aircraft or similar objects, or objects falling therefrom’ which has now been moved to cl 6.2.5 of the ITCH(95).214 If it were not for this clause, any loss or damage sustained by a vessel which collides into fixtures or landed objects such as a ‘land conveyance, dock or harbour equipment or installation’ would not be recoverable, for strictly speaking, such risks are not maritime in character and therefore do not fall within the cover for perils of the seas nor the 3/4ths Collision Liability Clause. If a vessel were to incur damage by toppling over in a graving dock, repair yard, or by colliding into a dock wall, such a loss would be recoverable.215
