Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

What happens when a cargo owner whose goods are about to be discharged fears that his goods may fall into wrong hands on delivery at the discharge port? Can the shipowner be forced to discharge the cargo at another safe port not named in the bill of..

In order to reduce pilferage to a minimum and to ensure that duty was paid on all goods, destined for India whether landed lawfully or otherwise, the Indian Customs Act 1962 provided that the master of a ship was liable to pay a penalty in respect..

The vessel was time chartered on New York Produce form providing for London arbitration. The vessel was chartered for a voyage from Vancouver to Japan for the carriage of a cargo of grain on Baltimore Form C terms providing for Tokyo arbitration...

The shipowner made application to stay the proceedings in the Federal Court of Canada on the ground that the bill of lading contained a Japanese forum clause. By evidence adduced it was established that on the current state of Japanese law the Tokyo..

The vessel Artemis was owned by Artemis Transport Corporation (Artemis), a Liberian registered company, and managed by Barber Ship Management Ltd. (Barbers), a company registered in Hong Kong. On 29 December 1980 the vessel sank somewhere to the..

The plaintiff cargo owners claimed damages from the defendant owners of the vessel Trotter in respect of alleged damage to a cargo of cars being carried from Southampton to Yokohama. As security for the claim, the plaintiffs detained the..