Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Mr. Yamvrais, a director of the plaintiff company, was a London shipbroker. He negotiated the sale of the vessel Manifest Lipcowy by the defendants to a company to be nominated by a Mr. Kafalas. The sale and purchase contract was based on the..

This case illustrates the importance of the wording of letters appointing arbitrators to resolve charterparty disputes. The vessel Petros Hadjikyriakos was chartered under the Baltimore grain form as amended. The charterparty contained a Centrocon..

A dispute arose out of a contract for the sale of a quantity of crude oil by Vitol to Compagnie Europeene. The contract provided: 4. Quality. Brent/Ninian/Forties (to be called hereinafter BNF) or Ekofisk crude oil at sellers’ option . . . The..

The plaintiff was the owner of a 25-foot fibreglass boat which was insured under an all risks policy of marine insurance by the defendants. The application for the insurance stated: “this application is for professionally built boats used only..

The plaintiff was seriously injured in a boat accident, sustaining permanent quadriplegia. He claimed damages from the owners and the operator of the Calrossie , a 32-foot pleasure craft. The owners and operators sought to limit their liability..

The defendants were dredging the Calcasieu River Ship Channel near Lake Charles, Louisiana, pursuant to a contract with the U.S. Corps. of Engineers. The contract warned the defendants of Texaco’s 12 inch high pressure natural gas pipeline,..