Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Conoco U.K. Limited entered into a contract with Saipem (an Italian company) to do certain dredging work in the area of the Vector oilfield in the North Sea. Saipem entered into a sub-contract with VO2 (a Dutch company) for part of it. VO2 owned the..

27 May 1988 Wijsmuller contracted with Lauritzen to transport a drilling rig (the Dan King ) from Japan to Rotterdam between June and August 1981. The carriage was to be performed by using a “transportation unit” defined as meaning..

5 May 1988 Section 4(1) of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 provides that a judge of the Commercial Court might accept appointment as sole arbitrator in a commercial dispute. Disputes arose under a charterparty on the NYPE form. The parties..

The plaintiff cargo interests issued a writ in an admiralty action in rem against the defendant shipowners. The writ was indorsed inter alia with a claim that the plaintiffs’ cargo had been damaged as a result of a collision between the..

The vessel was voyage chartered for the carriage of cargo of sulphur in bulk from Canada to Mediterranean ports. The charterparty provided that the vessel should be presented with clean and dry holds. Prior to loading under the present fixture, the..