Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

In 1978 the tanker Esso Bernicia (“Bernicia”), owned by Esso Petroleum, was being berthed with tug assistance at the oil terminal at Sullom Voe when one of the tugs suffered an engine defect and had to cast off her towing line. The..

v. F. & W. Freight Ltd. - Q.B.D. (Sheen J.) - 13 October 1988 The first plaintiffs agreed to carry a consignment of batteries by road from Manchester to Jersey. The issue before the court was whether the CMR Convention as enacted into English..

700 cartons of Malaysian prawns were carried in a container under a combined transport bill of lading pursuant to which the carrier agreed to carry the cargo from Sarawak via Singapore to Sydney. The container was stolen whilst in the custody of..

The plaintiffs agreed to sell a cargo of urea to the defendants to be shipped from Russia on consignment to the defendants for discharge at three ports in Canada. The urea was carried by the vessel Super Spirit , which discharged the cargo by..

- 19 February 1988 The 72 foot wooden Rhode Island fishing vessel Patriot sank in daylight in calm waters. The owner claimed on the vessel’s commercial hull insurers who rejected the claim. The owner instituted proceedings for recovery under..