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MONFORD MANAGEMENT LTD (THE OWNERS OF THE "KIVELI") v AFINA NAVIGATION LTD (THE OWNERS OF THE "AFINA I")

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 1

Collision – Liability – Reciprocal course – Head-on situation – Angle of approach defining a head-on situation – Meaning of “and/or” – International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGs), Rule 14.

MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING CO SA AND ANOTHER v INTERGLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD AND OTHERS

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 24

Contracts (bills of lading) – Exclusive jurisdiction clause – Anti-suit injunction – Defendant having commenced proceedings in Nigeria – Incorporation of terms and jurisdiction clause in bill of lading – Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992, sections 2 and 3.

OCEAN CLAP SHIPPING LTD v GLOBAL OFFSHORE SERVICES BV AND ANOTHER | MT KAILASH SARL v GLOBAL OFFSHORE SERVICES BV AND ANOTHER

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 43

Contracts – Contract formation by conduct – Finance bareboat chartering arrangement – Bareboat charterer asserting agreement by conduct by which it instead became a technical manager – Waiver – Estoppel – Guarantee.

JP MORGAN SECURITIES PLC AND OTHERS v VTB BANK PJSC

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 61

Arbitration – Anti-suit injunction – Whether contracting party could obtain injunction to prevent judicial proceedings against affiliates – Contractual anti-suit injunction – Vexatious and oppressive basis for injunction.

PERFECT MARINE LTD v SODRUGESTVO TURKEY TARIM TASIMACILIK ITHALAT IHRACAT TICARET AS AND OTHERS

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 72

Contracts (bills of lading) – Cargo of soy beans shipped in good order and condition – Port of discharge unavailable – Switch bills issued with statement as to good order and condition on original shipment date – Cargo deteriorating – Carrier's knowledge at the time of switch bills – Whether defendant's counterclaim time barred by Hague Rules – Summary judgment – Striking out.

WEALMOOR LTD v KLM CÍA REAL HOLANDESA DE AVIACIÓN AND ANOTHER

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 86

Carriage (air) – Damage to consignment of asparagus – Meaning of “event” – Inherent vice – Damage to packaging – Montreal Convention 1999, articles 1, 10 and 18 – Carriage by Air Act 1961, section 1 and schedule 1B – Carriage by Air Acts (Implementation of the Montreal Convention 1999) Order 2002 (SI 2002 No 263).

OCEANUS CAPITAL SARL v LLOYD’S INSURANCE CO SA (THE “VYSSOS”)

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 115

Insurance (marine) – Mortgagee's Interest Insurance – Nature of interest under MII policy – Proximate cause of loss under MII policy – Privity of assured – Fortuity – Marine Insurance Act 1906, sections 14, 39 and 55.

SINO EAST TRANSPORTATION LTD v GRAND AMAZON SHIPPING LTD (THE “GRAND AMANDA”)

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 135

Charterparty (time) – Cargo of soybeans found deteriorated at discharge port – Cargo interests having obtained judgment against carrier in foreign court – Carrier seeking indemnity from charterers – Implied indemnity – Inter-Club Agreement – Inherent vice.

CC/DEVAS (MAURITIUS) LTD AND OTHERS v REPUBLIC OF INDIA

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 167

Arbitration – Sovereign immunity – New York Convention 1958, article III – State Immunity Act 1978, sections 1 and 2.

TONZIP MARITIME LTD v 2RIVERS PTE LTD (FORMERLY NAMED CORAL ENERGY PTE LTD)

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 182

Charterparty – Sanctions – Person associated with shipper added to sanctions list – Construction of EPS Sanctions Clause – Shipowner refusing to load cargo – Evidence supporting a decision to refuse to load – Speculative evidence.

TONZIP MARITIME (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (FORMERLY NAMED TONZIP MARITIME LTD) v 2RIVERS PTE LTD (FORMERLY NAMED CORAL ENERGY PTE LTD)

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 202

Charterparty (voyage) – Sanctions – Vessel having given notice of readiness – Charterers ordering lifting of a cargo of Russian oil – Owners refusing – EPS Sanctions Clause, sub-clause (C) – Reasonable judgment of owners – Risk of exposure to sanctions.

JKD AND ANOTHER v IKC

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 219

Arbitration – Refusal of interim measures – Serious irregularity – Whether tribunal's order was an award – Whether parties agreed in writing the standard to be applied – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 5 and 68 – ICC Rules, article 28.1.

TASMANIAN PORTS CORPORATION PTY LTD v CSL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AND OTHERS (THE "GOLIATH")

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 232

Admiralty – Limitation of liability for wreck – Meaning and scope of article 2(1)(d) of the Limitation Convention – Vessel allision damaging two berthed tugs – Claim against vessel owners for costs of recovery, removal and disposal of tugs and bunker fuel on board – Claims excluded from limitation under article 2(1)(d) of Limitation Convention – Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, as amended.

CSL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD v TASMANIAN PORTS CORPORATION PTY LTD

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 253

Admiralty – Limitation of liability for wreck – Meaning and scope of articles 2(1)(a) and (d) of Limitation Convention – Vessel allision damaging two berthed tugs – Claim against vessel owners for costs of recovery, removal and disposal of tugs and bunker fuel on board – Claims excluded from limitation under article 2(1)(d) of Limitation Convention by a reservation under article 18(1) – Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, article 2(1)(d) and 18.

CETO SHIPPING CORPORATION v SAVORY SHIPPING INC (THE "VICTOR 1")

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 271

Charterparty (bareboat) – Construction – Title in vessel to transfer to charterer at the end of the charterparty where no sums due to owner or manager – Vessel arrested for crew claims and sold – “Sums due” under management agreement – Exposure to sanctions – Reasonable refusal to enter into charterparty – Termination of management agreement.

MERCURIA ENERGY TRADING SA v ONEX DMCC

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 309

Contract (sale) – Contract interpretation – Sale of unascertained goods – CIF – Cargo of fuel oil containing excess organic chlorides – Product description – Description of product in recap – General Terms and Conditions limiting scope of warranty – Loss of commercial identity – BP Oil International Limited General Terms and Conditions for Sale and Purchases of Crude Oil and Petroleum Products 2015 – Measure of loss – Sale of Goods Act 1979, section 53.

GREAT ASIA MARITIME LTD v ORION SHIPPING AND TRADING LLC (THE "LILA LISBON")

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 323

Ship sale – Remedies – Seller's default – Seller failing to give notice of readiness – Buyer terminating agreement – Damages – Loss of bargain – Norwegian Saleform 2012, clause 14 – Arbitration Act 1996, section 69.

POSH PROJECTS PTE LTD v OWNER AND/OR DEMISE CHARTERER OF THE VESSEL "YANGTZE HARMONY"

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 341

Admiralty – Jurisdiction – Arrest – Stay in favour of arbitration – Enforcement of foreign arbitral award – Judgment in rem – Service – International Arbitration Act 1994 (2020 Rev Ed), sections 6 and 7.

TRANS TRADE RK SA v SEBAT SHIPPING AND TRADING CO

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 353

Charterparty (voyage) – Commencement of laytime – Laytime and demurrage – Invalid notice of readiness – No agreement, waiver or estoppel treating the notice as valid – Whether laytime commenced upon commencement of cargo operations – Deemed waiver – Appeal on a point of law – Error of law – Arbitration Act 1996, section 69.

SONGA PRODUCT AND CHEMICAL TANKERS IV AS v GARDSEA SHIPPING INC

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 375

Ship sale – Time of payment into seller's account – Time zones – Calendar days – Contractual definition of Banking Days – Computation of time – Saleform 2012.

TULLOW GHANA LTD v VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE SAS

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 384

Contracts – Breach – Contract for supply of tubing to oil wells – Formation of contract – Incorporation of terms – Battle of the forms – Last shot – Construction – Implied terms – Satisfactory quality – Sale of Goods Act 1979, section 14.

VALENCY INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD v JSW INTERNATIONAL TRADECORP PTE LTD AND OTHERS AND ANOTHER APPEAL

[2026] 2 Lloyd's Rep 409

Bills of lading – Tort – Conversion – Delivery orders instructing release of bill of lading cargo – Whether an act of conversion – Financier pledging bills of lading to issuing bank as security for loan – Bank returning bills of lading to financier under trust receipt arrangement – Whether pledge extinguished by redelivery of bills to the financier.

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