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President of India v. Slobodona Plovidba - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Webster J.) - 21 May 1987
The charterparty provided:
cargo to be discharged . . . at the average rate of 1,000 tonnes basis five or more available workable hatches, pro rata if less number of hatches, per weather working day . . .
- The charterers contended that the effect..
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04 July 1987
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President of India v. Davenport Marine Panama S.A. (The Albion) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Webster J.) - 21 May 1987
Clause 34 of the Baltimore Form C charter provided:
At first or sole discharging port . . . time to count from 24 hours after receipt of . . . notice of readiness . . . vessel also having been entered at Customs House and in free pratique whether in..
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04 July 1987
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Fercometal SARL v. Mediterranean Shipping Co. S.A. (The Simona) - Court of Appeal (Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C., Parker and Ralph Gibson L.JJ.) - 22 May 1987
The charterers had the option, under a Gencon charterparty, to cancel the contract if the vessel were not ready to load on or before 3_9 July 1982. The option had to be declared at least 48 hours before arriving at the loading port. On 2 July the..
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04 July 1987
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200 - 04 July 1987
Transol Bunker B.V. v. M.V. Andrico Unity - Supreme Court of South Africa (Adm.Div. Cape of Good Hope Provincial Division) (Marais J.) - 5 June 1987
The plaintiffs, who had supplied bunkers to the vessel in Argentina, arrested the vessel in Cape Town. The shipowners contended that the alleged Argentine maritime lien was not a maritime lien of the kind envisaged by section 3(4)(a) of the..
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04 July 1987
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Aqua Craft Inc. v. Boston Old Colony Insurance Co. (The Boom Boom) - New York Supreme Court Special Term (Greenfield J.) - 20 April 1987
The vessel Boom Boom
, a 30 foot pleasure boat, was insured by the defendants under a marine policy for hull insurance, which provided:
PERILS. Touching the adventures and perils which this company is contented to bear and take upon itself, they are..
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04 July 1987
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Continental U.K. Ltd. v. Anagel Confidence Compania Naviera S.A. (The Common Venture) - U.S. District Ct. (S.D.N.Y.) (Tenney J.) - 27 April 1987
The vessel Common Venture
was owned by Anagel and time-chartered to Fednav Ltd. on the NYPE form dated October 1985. The charterparty provided that disputes should be submitted to arbitration in London. On 3 December 1985 Fednav sub-chartered the..
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04 July 1987
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The issue in this arbitration was the measure of damages recoverable by the buyers of a ship from the shipbuilders (sellers) who failed to deliver the vessel in accordance with the contractual terms.
The contractual date of delivery was 30 August..
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04 July 1987
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200 - 04 July 1987