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Unifert International SAL v. Panous Shipping Co. Inc. (The Virginia M) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hobhouse J.) - 18 November 1988
The vessel Virginia M
was chartered under the Gencon form for the carriage of a cargo of bagged calcium ammonium nitrate from Constanza to Nigeria. The vessel was fairly elderly and required a daily supply of about 20 tons of fresh water to feed..
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03 December 1988
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Societe Anonyme Des Minerales v. Grant Trading Inc. (The ERT Stefanie) - Court of Appeal (Mustill, Nicholls & Taylor L.JJ.) -
23 November 1988
The vessel Stephanie was owned by a Panamanian company of which the sole proprietor was Mr. Jens Sorensen. The vessel was managed by Sorek Shipping Ltd., a U.K. company, which was also under the control of Mr. Sorensen. Sorek..
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03 December 1988
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237 - 03 December 1988
Turner v. Manx Line Ltd. (The Linkspan) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hirst J.) - 15 November 1988
Manx Line operated cargo services to and from the Isle of Man. They had leased a Linkspan, which was a floating roadway for the transport of vehicles from a Ro-Ro car ferry from ship to shore. The Linkspan was installed in Douglas Harbour and..
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03 December 1988
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237 - 03 December 1988
The owners of the ship Pulkovo v. The owners of the ship Oden - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) - 16 November 1988
On 10 March 1986 at about 12 25 GMT a collision occurred in the Baltic Sea between the plaintiffs’ ship Pulkovo
and the defendants’ ship Oden
. Visibility had been reduced by fog to a distance of about two cables and there was a..
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03 December 1988
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237 - 03 December 1988
Spliethoff’s Bevrachtingskantoor B.V. v. The Attorney General of the Federation and others (The Leliegracht) - Federal High Court (Muhammad J.) - 11 October 1988
In September 1979 the vessel Leliegracht
collided with the Police jetty at Port Harcourt. The jetty was damaged, as were several boats moored alongisde. The ship was ordered to be detained by the Federal Ministry of Transport. While the ship was..
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03 December 1988
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237 - 03 December 1988