Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter
Southern Steamship Agency Inc. v. M.V. Khalij Sky - Supreme Court of South Africa (Adm. Div. of The Cape of Good Hope Provincial Division) - Munnik J.P. - 15 March 1984
Maritime lien - “Halcyon Isle” decision not followed in South Africa
The plaintiffs provided agency and stevedoring services and supplied necessaries to the defendants’ vessel
Khalij Sky
in the U.S.A. It was accepted that, according to United States law, the plaintiffs had a maritime lien on the vessel in respect
of the services and disbursements in question, enforceable by an action
in rem
. The question was whether the South African court recognized the lien.