Incomplete reports:
The reports contained no description of the nature and / or the cause of the damage
This information is however badly needed by Underwriters to establish whether the loss claimed is covered or not under their Insurance Policy, particularly in case of insufficient packing…
Furthermore, this made these reports totally useless for the purpose of a recovery action, because it does not specify e.g. whether it concerns salt or fresh water damage, and e.g. assuming it concerns fresh water damage, whether it was due to unavoidable condensation due to heavy weather (making ventilation impossible) or due to inherent vice of the cargo (excessive moisture at time of loading) or due to wrong ventilation by the vessel during the voyage…