MAERSK GUINÉ-BISSAU SARL AND ANOTHER V ALMAR-HUM BUBACAR BALDÉ SARL

[2024] EWHC 993 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, Mr Justice Jacobs, 29 April 2024

Jurisdiction – Bills of lading – Himalaya clause – Exclusive jurisdiction clause – Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, sections 32 to 34

Marsk GB and Maersk A/S were the claimants and Almar-Hum was the defendant in the dispute concerning contracts of carriage between Almar-Hum as shipper and Maersk A/S as carrier to ship 150 containers of madeira wood from Guinea-Bissau to Huangpu.