Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The plaintiff had been injured when working as a deck-hand on a tug in a Swedish fjord. He was employed by Nash. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was working on a tug which was owned by another company, Stevin Dredging B.V. The master of..

Norwegian buyers entered into contracts for the purchase of newbuildings to be built by Korean shipbuilders. The contract provided that any disputes should be resolved by arbitration in London. An arbitrator was to be appointed by each party. Both..

The plaintiffs took out a war risks policy on their vessel Leegas for four months from 9 February 1985. The interests insured were hull and machinery, loss of earnings, and expenses, for voyages to the Persian Gulf. The policy was contained in a..

In December 1985 the claimant contractors provided salvage services to the respondents under Lloyd’s Standard Form 1980 (“LOF”). An arbitration had been fixed for April 1987 but in March 1987 the respondents applied for an..

The vessel was chartered for the carriage of a cargo inter alia of pig iron. Clause 34 of the charterparty provided that “vessel is suitable for grab discharge in tweendecks and lower holds”. The charterparty also provided that the..

The claimants were disponent owners of the vessel and sub chartered her to the respondents under a voyage charter for the carriage of coal from America to Spain. The claimants were stylised as time chartered owners in the charterparty, but no..