Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

A dispute arose under a charterparty on the NYPE form containing a London arbitration clause. In April 1976 the parties appointed arbitrators but no third arbitrator was ever appointed. Nothing happened in the arbitration until 3 August 1981 when..

The plaintiff commodity brokers brought proceedings against the defendant for U.S.$910,781. The defendant resided in Jordan. The plaintiffs obtained a Mareva injunction restraining the defendants from dealing with his assets within the jurisdiction..

The plaintiff cargo owners sued the defendant shipowners under a bill of lading in respect of damage caused to 915 bags of sugar. The Hague Rules time limit expired on 26 January 1982. Initially the plaintiffs’ solicitors had dealt with the..

The Bridgestone Maru No. 3 was an LPG vessel. The defendant disponent owners chartered her to the plaintiffs under the Shelltime 3 form. Shortly before the relevant voyage, a booster pump installation had been put aboard the vessel to assist..

Under a charterparty dated July 1981 the vessel loaded a cargo at a European port for discharge at Iran. Two ports of discharge were named in the charterparty, one of which was to be declared when the vessel passed Suez. The ports were Bandar Abbas..