Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

(Evans J.) - 25 May 1988 Disputes arose under a charterparty, which contained the following arbitration clause: ARBITRATION. Any and all differences and disputes . . . arising out of this charter shall be put to arbitration in the city of New York..

On 26 March 1985 the plaintiffs issued a writ in rem against the ship Jangmi . The writ was indorsed as follows: The plaintiffs claim is for damages for breach of contract and/or duty in and about the loading, handling, custody, care and discharge..

The issue before the court was whether one of two defendants in an action who had counterclaimed against both the plaintiff and his co-defendant was entitled as a matter of principle to seek summary judgment against his co-defendant. Held , that it..

Mr. Ali was a crewman on the defendant’s vessel Joule . On 29 March 1983, when the vessel was anchored off Skikda, Algeria, Mr. Ali told the vessel’s master that four people were plotting to kill him, and that people had been banging on..

In December 1977 the vessel Danaos was under time-charter and was loading cargo at Port Newark. During the course of loading by stevedores, the vessel’s Stulken Boom collapsed, damaging part of the cargo. In December 1978 the cargo owners..