Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The vessel Kanchenjunga was chartered on the Exxonvoy form for four consecutive voyage charters. On 19 November 1980 the vessel was sub-chartered on the Asbatankvoy form for a single voyage, loading from “one/two safe [ports] Arabian Gulf..

The vessel Takafa was chartered to carry a cargo of 15,000 tonnes of fertiliser from a port on the Mississippi River to Bhabnagah. Line 10 of the charterparty provided that the vessel being so loaded should proceed with all convenient speed. The..

9 February 1990 On 9 January 1987 a collision occurred between the plaintiffs’ ship, the United States Naval Ship Bowditch, and the defendants’ vessel, Po , an Italian merchant ship. The collision occurred while both vessels were at..

22 January 1990 On 29 September 1986 the plaintiff’s vessel Fordson was lying at moorings below Westminster Pier when she was struck by the defendant’s vessel Vita and may have become a constructive total loss. A writ in rem was not..