Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The VLCC Abqaiq was chartered on terms of the BPVOY 4 charter as amended for a voyage from Freeport, Bahamas, to Singapore. The Abqaiq arrived at Freeport and tendered notice of readiness at 0930 on 6 February 2008. She berthed at 1712 on 7 February..

Classic Sailing owned the schooner Mieke which was insured with Lloyd’s under a hull policy expressly governed by English law and which covered loss or damage to the vessel caused inter alia, by any latent defect in the machinery or hull,..

By two separate charterparties concluded in April and July 2008 the claimant owners chartered three of their vessels to Kalistad Ltd. Each charterparty provided by box 4 that “due performance” was “guaranteed by JFC [the defendant]..

By a contract of sale dated 21 September 2007 at Singapore titled “Sales Contract for MET Deck Machinery” the respondent seller (“MEP”) sold to the first appellant (“IUS”) certain equipment for IUS’s vessel..

The petitioners brought proceedings against the respondents in England seeking payment of more than $2 million under an agreement dated 1 April 2009 whereby the petitioners were to provide to the respondents’ offshore intervention vessel..

The plaintiffs were family members of deceased servicemen and survivors killed and injured in a terrorist attack in October 1983 when a truck drove into the US Marine barracks in Beirut and detonated explosives. The plaintiffs obtained a default..