Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The plaintiff bank wished to enforce certain guarantees purportedly given on behalf of the defendants, who were Greek owned Panamanian companies. The defendants contended that the guarantees were null and void because the persons who had signed them..

Belzetta (the second plaintiffs) owned the vessel Leage , which they chartered to the defendants in 1982. The charterparty contained an arbitration clause providing for English law to govern the charter and for London arbitration. Rumput (the first..

The vessel Logan Lassie was sold pursuant to an order of the Court in an action in rem brought by mortgagees of the vessel. At the time of the judicial sale two other mortgages had been registered on the ship. In the Order for Commission and Sale,..

Big Lift were charterers of the vessel Danaos owned by Danais Shipping Co. During the loading of the vessel at Port Newark, New Jersey, a truck fell from the lift on which it had been suspended causing damage to the truck and to the vessel. The..

The issue in this arbitration was whether the charterparty laytime exceptions should be applied to the time spent by the vessel in waiting for a berth at the discharge port. The relevant charterparty clauses provided: - 4. Time to commence at 2 pm..