Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The vessel Nogar Marin was chartered to carry a cargo of wire rods from Caen to Tampa. The cargo was manufactured and supplied by the charterers. On discharge at Tampa the wire rods were found to be rusty. The cargo receivers arrested the vessel...

The plaintiffs sought leave to issue a writ against the defendants and to serve them out of the jurisdiction. The claim arose out of certain reinsurance contracts. Leave was given ex parte , but the defendants subsequently successfully obtained a..

When the vessel arrived at the discharge port, her cargo was found to be damaged due to the owners’ breach of charter. The charterparty named C. as the shippers. C. were also named as shippers in the single bill of lading that was issued. N...

The plaintiffs were the relatives of a crew member who died when the vessel Derbyshire sank with all hands in 1980. It was alleged that the ship broke in half because of defects in her hull. The defendants were the owners of the ship and were the..

The vessel APJ Priti was chartered on the Gencon form, which provided that the discharge port was to be “one or two safe berths Bandar Abbas, one or two safe berths Bandar Bushire, one or two safe berths Bandar Khomeini in charterers’..

The plaintiffs were the holders of bills of lading relating to a cargo of machinery shipped on board the vessel Antares and discharged at Mombasa in February 1984. Part of the machinery had been loaded on deck and had been seriously damaged in the..