Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

On 16 January 1979 the plaintiffs’ ship Rimac was in collision with the defendants’ dumb barge BGL-2 in the river Schelde a little to the west of Flushing. The barge was in the control of the tug Ouro Fino . At the time of the action..

The plaintiffs were the owners of cargo laden on board the vessel Skipper I which was lost in unexplained circumstances in 1987. In January 1988 the plaintiffs issued a writ in an admiralty action in rem against the owners of the vessel Evpo..

The vessel Karin Vatis was chartered on the Gencon form as amended for a voyage from Liverpool to India with a cargo of shredded scrap. The charterparty provided: Freight, when due, is payable at the rate of: Lumpsum $715,000 basis one load and one..

On 23 April 1985 the vessel Powstaniec Wielkopolski was in Gravesend Reach, within the limits of the Port of London as defined by the Port of London Act 1968, lying moored fore and aft at buoys on the southern side of the river off Imperial Paper..

The plaintiffs’ vessel Glucometer II was a 45 foot racing catamaran competing in the City of Plymouth Round Britain Race and manned by a crew of two experienced hands. On 24 July 1985 the catamaran sailed from Lowestoft. During the afternoon,..