Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

A dispute arose between owners and charterers under a time charterparty. The dispute was referred to arbitration, and the arbitrator published an interim award which held that the charterers had repudiated the charterparty, and that the repudiation..

The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form for the carriage of a cargo to Greece. When she arrived at Piraeus there was a strike going on. There was a delay in discharging consequent upon that strike. The strike was over in less than 48 hours and..

The plaintiff buyers entered into an agreement with Portuguese shipbuilders for the building of a very large tanker. The contract provided that if the vessel was not ready for delivery by 30 April 1982 the plaintiffs would be entitled to cancel the..

19 June 1985 The applicant sought a declaration that Merchant Shipping Notice No. M 1111 was invalid, and that an interpretation in it or rule 45(4) of the Fishing Vessels (Safety Provisions) Rules (S.I. 1975 No. 330) was wrong in law. Held , that..

The vessel Stolt Marmaro had sustained damage allegedly caused by insured perils. The ship was repaired in Genoa at a cost of about $3 million. The shipowners did not have the resources to pay for the work so they assigned to the repairers a..

The vessel Aegis Britannic was chartered to carry a cargo of rice in bags from the U.S. Gulf to Basrah. When the cargo was discharged some of it was damaged. The receivers claimed against the owners in the Administrative Court of Basrah. They..