Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The appellant shipowners had paid a sum of money to the ITF in order to have the blacking of their vessel Universe Sentinel lifted so as to enable her to leave the port of Milford Haven. Part of this sum - $6,480 - was paid as a contribution to the..

This was the first application for leave to appeal from the High Court under section 2 of the Arbitration Act 1979. This section deals with the determination of a question of law arising in the course of an arbitration reference. The owners were..

Actions were brought on behalf of the masters of a number of Danish and German vessels regularly calling at the port of Harwich. The plaintiffs complained about having to be piloted in and out of Harwich by British pilots. It cost the shipowners..

The plaintiffs (Rasheed) were a Liberian corporation and owned the vessel Al Wahab . The defendants (KIC) were an insurance company incorporated in Kuwait and carrying on business there. Rasheed claimed against KIC in respect of the constructive..

F. Inc. (a Panamanian company) claimed US$336,741.76 from S. (a Norwegian company) under a charterparty concluded between F. Inc. and S. at Oslo on 15 April 1978. S. also had a claim against T. Ltd. (a South African company) under a separate..

The vessel, which was under a time charter, was on a laden voyage carrying some cargo on deck. She encountered heavy weather which caused some of the deck cargo to shift and necessitated the vessel putting into port. There was no question of..

The vessel was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form which contained the following typewritten provisions: Freight payable before breaking bulk to [Bank and account number] in favour of [owners] . . . Demurrage, if any, incurred at load and/or discharge..