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The Biskra - Q.B.D. (Adm. Ct.) (Sheen J.) - 19 November 1982
The defendants were the owners of the vessel Biskra
. The plaintiffs were the owners of a cargo of steel sheet carried from Japan to Spain under a bill of lading which provided that any dispute should be decided in the country where the carrier had..
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09 December 1982
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The Antaios (No. 2)
By a time charter (the “Head Charter”) on the NYPE form owners chartered their vessel to charterers; and charterers, by a series of sub-charters sub-chartered their vessel to sub-charterers. The Head Charter and..
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The Morviken - House of Lords (Lords Diplock, Keith, Roskill, Brandon & Brightman) - 25 November 1982
In March 1978 an asphalt road-finishing machine was shipped on board a Dutch vessel at Leith for carriage to Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles. The machine was transhipped in Holland to the Norwegian vessel Morviken
for on-carriage to Bonaire. As the..
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Merkur Island Shipping Corporation v. Laughton (The Hoegh Apapa) - Court of Appeal (Sir John Donaldson M.R., O’Connor & Dillon L.JJ.) - 4 November 1982
This was another case involving action taken by the ITF to encourage a shipowner to agree terms and wages acceptable to the ITF. The vessel Hoegh Apapa
, on time charter, was ready to sail from Liverpool but the tugmen (who had a contract with the..
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Care Shipping Corporation v. Latin American Shipping Corporation (The Cebu) Q.B.D. (Com. Ct.) (Lloyd J.) - 10 November 1982
The plaintiffs were the owners of the vessel Cebu
. They time-chartered her under the NYPE form to N (the charterers). N sub-chartered the vessel to L (the sub-charterers) on identical terms. By a third charter, also on the NYPE form, L..
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Industrie Chimiche Italia Centrale v. Nea Ninemia Shipping Co. (The Emmanuel C) - Q.B.D. (Com. Ct.) (Bingham J.) - 11 November 1982
The vessel Emmanuel C
was time chartered on the NYPE form for one transatlantic round trip. The form was amended to exclude the Hague Rules. Clause 16 of the form provided:
Should the vessel be lost, money paid in advance and not earned . . . shall..
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N Z Michalos v. The Food Corporation of India (The Apollon) - Q.B.D. (Com. Ct.) (Bingham J.) - 13 October 1982
The vessel Apollon
was chartered on the Baltimore Berth Grain Form C to carry a cargo of wheat or sorghums from an Argentinian port to an Indian port. One of the issues in the case was whether the vessel was ready to discharge when she tendered..
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09 December 1982
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Soya GmbH Mainz Kommanditgesellschaft v. White (The Welsh City - and The Corfu Island) - House of Lords (Lords Diplock, Keith, Scarman, Roskill & Templeman) - 9 December 1982
The respondents imported a cargo of soya beans from Indonesia to ports in Belgium and the Netherlands between July and September 1973 in the vessels Welsh City
and Corfu Island
. The cargo was insured by the appellant underwriter under a separate..
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23 December 1982
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Paal Wilson & Co A/S v. Partenreederei Hannah Blumenthal (The Hannah Blumenthal) - House of Lords (Lords Diplock, Keith, Roskill, Brandon & Brightman) - 2 December 1982
A dispute arose between buyers and sellers under a Norwegian Sale Form contract dated 23 September 1969 involving the vessel Hannah Blmenthal
. In 1972 both parties appointed their arbitrators. Under the arbitration clause a third arbitrator should..
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23 December 1982
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Scandanavian Trading Tanker Co. AB v. Flota Petrolera Ecuatoriana (The Scaptrade) - Court of Appeal (Sir John Donaldson M.R., May & Robert Goff L.JJ.) - 26 November 1982
In 1977 Flota Petrolera chartered the vessel Scaptrade
from the owners on a Shelltime 3 form which contained the usual provision for withdrawal in default of payment of hire. Hire was due on the 8th of each month. By 1979 the market had risen..
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23 December 1982
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Congimex Companhia General v. Tradax Export S.A. - Court of Appeal (Sir John Donaldson M.R., Watkins & May L.JJ.) - 18 November 1982
Tradax sold 16,500 tons of soyabean meal to Congimex under four contracts of sale c.i.f. Free Out Lisbon. Shipment was to be in four instalments, the first in December 1974 and the last in August 1975. The terms of payment (for three of the..
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23 December 1982
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International Sea Tankers Inc. v. Hemisphere Shipping Co. Ltd. (The Wenjiang) - Q.B.D. (Com. Ct.) (Bingham J.) - 16 November 1982
The Wenjiang
was one of 60 vessels trapped in the Shatt-al-Arab as a result of the Iran/Iraq war. She had been chartered to the appellants for twelve months by a timecharter dated 29 February 1980. In September 1980 the Iran/Iraq war broke out and..
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23 December 1982
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