Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

A mutual protection and indemnity association (club), brought an Admiralty action in rem and in personam in a Scottish Court against the defendant Greek owners of the motor vessel Aifanourios claiming U.S.$26,370 in respect of P. & I. Club..

The ship grounded, due to no fault on either owners’ or charterers’ part, at the anchorage outside her discharging port into which she would have gone to discharge one day later. She was refloated 10 days later and lost her turn. She had..

The charter-party provided for the ship to be placed at the disposal of charterers “on taking inward harbour pilot X (name of port) any time day or night . . .” The last sentence of cl.5 (time to count) of the printed form was deleted...

The Court reversed judgment from the Southern District of New York which had denied liability for failure to prove fault in an action brought by time charterer against shipowner for contamination damage to a cargo of 1500 metric tons of liquid..

The plaintiff sought compensatory and punitive damages from the owner of vessels in which he had served. He alleged that he worked in the engine-rooms of these vessels for many years without knowing the danger from excessively high noise levels. He..

A judgment for shipper against ocean carrier only was reversed with a remand to the District Court for a determination that both ocean carrier and road carrier were jointly liable for the loss. Involved here was a refrigerated container of frozen..