Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The plaintiffs (“Goliath”) were disponent owners of the tug Salviva who were contracted by the defendants (“the APA”) to tow a floating crane, the Montaser , from Japan to the Port of Alexandria. The form of written contract..

This action gave rise to an interlocutory application by the defendants to strike out the plaintiffs’ claim which was dismissed by Leggatt J., whose decision was affirmed in the Court of Appeal (see LMLN 161 - 2 January 1986). The salient..

These consolidated actions arose out of the improper deviation of the vessel Ogden Fraser and the discharge of the plaintiffs’ cargoes at an unauthorised port. The Ogden Fraser was a general cargo vessel which was sub-time-chartered to..

The Court of Appeal has affirmed the principle that an English Court should be reluctant to grant an interlocutory mandatory injunction against a foreign defendant without representatives or assets in England. The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal..

By a charterparty on the New York Produce Exchange form concluded in Hamburg on 4 August 1982, the owners chartered the vessel Alexandros P to the charterers for a time charter trip. The charterparty contained the following clauses: - 8. . . ...