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The Toluca - Court of Appeal (Waller & Slade L.JJ. & Sir David Cairns sitting with Nautical Assessors) - 1 November 1983

On 10 April 1974 a collision occurred between the plaintiffs’ vessel Visahakit I and the defendants’ vessel Toluca at the mouth of the river Mae Nam Chao Phraya, on which the city of Bangkok is situated. The channel was 100 metres..

Online Published Date: 10 November 1983

Appeared in issue: 105 - 10 November 1983

General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corpn. & Ors. v. Tanter and Ors. (The Zephyr) - Q.B.D. Com.Ct. (Hobhouse J.) - 21 October 1983

In December 1980 a shipowner was negotiating to buy a vessel subsequently renamed Zephyr . The shipowner needed insurance cover for the vessel. On 16 December 1980 the shipowner asked a firm of Lloyd’s brokers to give a quote for a suitable..

Online Published Date: 10 November 1983

Appeared in issue: 105 - 10 November 1983

The Good Hope - Supreme Ct. of Brit. Columbia MacKinnon J.) - 4 October 1983

A vessel insured for loss or damage to her hull caused by perils of the sea stranded in Vancouver Harbour when a temporary mooring constructed by her owner failed, permitting her to take the ground. She subsequently fell on her side, sustaining..

Online Published Date: 10 November 1983

Appeared in issue: 105 - 10 November 1983

Nimenia Maritime Corporation v. Trave Schiffahrtsgesellschaft (The Niedersachsen) - See LMLN 93 - 26 May 1983

This case went to the court of Appeal (Eveleigh, Kerr & Dillon L.JJ.). Judgment was given on 29 July 1983 dismissing the appeal and holding that Mustill J. had correctly applied the tests relating to the granting/refusal of Mareva..

Online Published Date: 10 November 1983

Appeared in issue: 105 - 10 November 1983

Glebe Island Terminals Pty. Ltd. v. Malaysian International Shipping Corpn. (The Bunga Taratai) - Supreme Ct. of N.S.W. (Rogers J.) - 22 June 1983

The plaintiffs brought a claim against the defendant shipowners for substantial sums allegedly owing in respect of the use of the plaintiffs’ terminal facilities at Sydney by the defendants’ vessel Bunga Taratai and Bunga Ansana . A..

Online Published Date: 10 November 1983

Appeared in issue: 105 - 10 November 1983

Integrated Container Service v. British Trader Insurance Co. - Court of Appeal (Eveleigh, Griffiths & Dillon L.JJ.) - 17 November 1983

The plaintiffs were in the business of leasing freight containers, a number of which were leased to Oyama Shipping Ltd. in 1972. In 1975 Oyama went bankrupt leaving the containers scattered over the Far East. The plaintiffs took steps to recover..

Online Published Date: 24 November 1983

Appeared in issue: 0106 - 24 November 1983

Empresa Cubana de Fletes v. Kissavos Shipping Co. S.A. (The Agathon - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hobhouse J.) - 11 November 1983

This was the first “war risk additional premium” case involving the printed terms of the Baltime form. The relevant clause provided: - 21 . . . (B) Should the vessel approach or be brought or ordered within such [war] zone or be exposed..

Online Published Date: 24 November 1983

Appeared in issue: 0106 - 24 November 1983

The Mineral Transporter - Supreme Ct. of N.S.W. (Adm. Div.) (Yeldham J.) - 18 October 1983

The vessel Mineral Transporter anchored off Port Kembla in a position about 1.2 miles from the vessel Ibaraki Maru (63,139 grt). Other vessels were also anchored in the area, all awaiting access to the Port Kembla coal loader. During the early..

Online Published Date: 24 November 1983

Appeared in issue: 0106 - 24 November 1983

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The vessel was time chartered under the NYPE form for a period ending on 12 January 1982. On 17 September 1981 the charterers entered into a sub-charter for a “transatlantic round voyage via safe port(s) via U.S. Gulf, USNH or Great Lakes and..

Online Published Date: 24 November 1983

Appeared in issue: 0106 - 24 November 1983