Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

In September 1988 the San Diego Yacht Club won the America’s Cup in a catamaran. The unsuccessful challenger, the Mercury Bay Boating Club, objected to the use of a multihulled vessel. Mercury Bay subsequently applied to the court for an order..

The plaintiffs, who had supplied bunkers to the vessel Andrico Unity in Argentina, arrested the vessel in Cape Town. The shipowners contended that the alleged Argentinian maritime lien was not a maritime lien of the kind envisaged by section 3(4)(a)..

Derby bought a cargo of fuel oil of FOB terms that provided for payment against bills of lading. The contract expressly provided for title to pass to Derby at the loading port. The Almare Prima was chartered for that purpose. Bills of lading were..

Salvage services were rendered to the vessel Choko Star under a Lloyd’s Standard Form signed by the master of the Choko Star . The plaintiffs were the owners of cargo on board the Choko Star at the relevant time. They contended that the..

This was a chambers judgment which the judge requested should be treated as if it had been delivered in open court. The purpose of having the judgment delivered in open court was to make it clear to potential plaintiffs seeking Mareva injunctions..

The plaintiff cargo interests claimed damages from the defendant carrier in respect of damage to cargo which had been stowed on deck without authorisation. The carriers claimed to limit their liability under the Hague Rules. They relied on The..

One of the issues in this case was whether shipowners could rely on the defence “perils of the sea” in Artivle IV, rule 2(c) of the Hague Rules. The ro-ro vessel Mekhanik Tarasov was lost in the North Atlantic in February in weather..