Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Two bills of lading were issued in respect of the same cargo. One was a bill issued by the freight forwarder, and the other by the time charterers, on behalf of the owners of the vessel Shardana . The cargo was damaged by stevedores during discharge..

The appellant shipowners were domiciled in Belgium. They concluded a fixture with the respondent charterers by telex, fax and telephone exchanges. The fixture provided for the carriage of a cargo of telegraph poles from Florida to Bangladesh. The..

The vessel was chartered on the Asba II form. One of the additional clauses annexed to the charter was the Scanports cargo retention clause amended so as to read: - In the event that any liquid and pumpable cargo as determined by an independent..

The vessel Breydon Merchant suffered a serious fire in the engine room in the English Channel. Salvage services were provided by Alexandra Towing Ltd. under Lloyd’s Standard Form. In order to make it unnecessary for the salvors to exercise..

(Evans J.) - 5 December 1991 The buyers agreed to buy the vessel P from the sellers under a memorandum of agreement. Completion date was 9 July 1991. By that date the parties were in dispute over the ship’s condition. Completion was delayed..