BMW Parts Up For Grabs
October 30th, 2007 by AnneAn MSC Napoli container ship washed up BMW motorcycles, gearboxes and windscreens on the Branscombe Beach in East Devon. People were using anything they could to pull the parts off the shore. The beach had to be shut by police after the roads leading to it became full of looters who came to Devon from all over Britain hoping to grab some parts for themselves. The most valuable taken, BMW motorcycles which were wheeled straight off the beach.
It turns out all the parts can legally be kept by their finders as long as they file forms declaring their salvage to Sophia Exelby, the Receiver of Wreck. BMW’s insurers have written off the loss because it would be too difficult to try to collect all the parts and check them for seawater or other damage. BMW has offered to buy back the motorcycles for a salvage fee and is still negotiating with those who declared them. They are worried the bikes may be unsafe and want to buy them back so they can destroy them.
“BMW have issued a statement to all finders pointing out that these parts are listed as damaged on the BMW parts database and should not be used or sold and that liability for them now rests with the finders. “At present, we do not have any plans for prosecutions in relation to Napoli recoveries.”
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