Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Claims were made against two former directors of one of the plaintiff companies, based upon breach of contract, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, deceit and conspiracy to defraud. The sums involved exceeded £15 million. Applications were..

The vessel Anadolu Guney was chartered on terms which were not known to the court. The vessel loaded a cargo of logs in Canada. The plaintiff stevedoring company was engaged by another Canadian company, Mark’N Forest Products Ltd., to load the..

A French repair contractor brought suit to recover under a maritime lien for services rendered in France. At the time the work was performed the vessel was registered in Panama. Subsequently the vessel was arrested in the United States in order to..

James H. Floyd, an ordinary seaman, died on board the S.S. Shirley Lykes during the night of 19 August 1983 as the result of a heart attack. The vessel was at sea passing through the Straits of Gibraltar, en route from Europe to Canada and the..

The vessel, a newbuilding, was time-chartered for two round voyages of 28/35 days duration with options to the charterers to extend the charterparty for 3/3/3 months. The charterparty provided: Special features . . . economical speed: abt 11 knots..