In October 2006, our member's vessel was fixed to load a cargo of steel coils from Bayuquan, China to Antwerp, Belgium, and Newport, UK. Because about 9,500 MTS out of 20,000 MTS steel coils bound for Newport were found to be contaminated by asbestos at Antwerp, the cargo was cleaned there for safe delivery at the final destination, Newport. The cargo owner, charterer and the ship owner will likely to discuss how to allocate the cost for cleaning, EUR45,000, and losses for the detention about ten days. According to the surveyor, the asbestos was flowed from rubber dunnage reinforced by asbestos which had been used in a store house of the steel plant. Presumably the rubber dunnage was damaged by the coils' own weight and asbestos adhered to steel coils. On the other hand, according to other members of International Group of P&I Clubs, similarly in November 2006, asbestos was found adhering to hot rolled steel coils destined for Liverpool while loading at Bayuquan. It seems that asbestos attached to the coils while the coils were on asbestos matting overlaid on timber dunnage at the loading port awaiting shipment. Fortunately, this problem was alerted to the vessel and surveyors were dispatched to inspect the cargo. The coils were rejected loading, and brush cleaning to remove the asbestos was attempted but failed. Since the vessel refused to load the coils, the shippers still intend to load them to alternative vessels. We wish to call members' careful attention to such circumstances at Bayuquan.