Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

On 26 July 2005 the owners of the vessel Atalanta (“Kimberley”) chartered her to the defendant (“GMB”) for 84 months. On 28 July 2005 GMB sub-chartered the vessel for five years to the first claimant, Westwood Shipping Lines..

Mr Renford Braganza was the chief engineer of the oil tanker British Unity owned by the first defendant. Mr Braganza was employed by the second defendant. On 11 May 2009 the vessel was in the mid-North Atlantic in the course of a voyage from Sweden..

The claimant was the owner of the fishing vessel Agios Spyridon which was insured under a policy of marine insurance which stated: “Warranted vessel laid up from 1/11/06 until 28/2/07 BDI in port of Mahajanga [Madagascar]…”. The..

The claimant (“BP”) chartered the vessel Target from the defendant owners on terms that were set out in a recap email sent on 26 February 2010. The recap set out agreed terms by reference to the sections of Part 1 of the BPVoy 4 form,..

Four vessels were chartered, each under a contract of affreightment (“COA”) on the AmWelsh voyage charterparty form as amended, for the carriage of coal from Indonesia to Puerto de Ferrol in Spain. Standard clause 9 of the AmWelsh form,..

The plaintiff (Babcock) and the third intervener (OLB) disputed their respective priorities in the sale proceeds of the motor vessel Southern Pasifika. Babcock carried out repair and refit work on the vessel in February-March 2011. There was no..