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Guardian Ocean Cargoes Ltd. v. Banco do Brasil (The Golden Med) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hirst J.) - 18 February 1992
The plaintiffs deposited U.S. $600,000 with the defendant bank in 1981 as an earnest of their sincerity in a proposed financing deal for a contract to build the vessel Golden Med
. The sums deposited were conditional on conclusion of a re-financing..
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21 March 1992
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Compania Maritima Villa Nova S.A. v. Northern Sales Co. (The Grecian Isles) - Federal Ct. of Appeal (Heald, Mahoney & Stone JJ.) - 20 November 1991
The United Nations Foreign Arbitral Awards Convention Act 1986 (“the Act”) brought into force the provisions of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958. By subsection 4(2) of the Act, the..
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Monica Textile Corporation v. S.S. Tana - U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) (Kearse, Pratt and McLaughlin C.JJ.) - 23 December 1991
The plaintiffs engaged the defendant carriers to transport a single 20-foot shipping container from Africa to Savannah, Georgia. The bill of lading disclosed that the container, which the plaintiffs had stuffed and sealed, held 76 bales of cotton..
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21 March 1992
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MV Achilleus v. Thai United Insurance Co. Ltd. - 1991 (1) S.A. 324 (Natal Provincial Division) (Howard J.P., Galgut and
Combrink JJ.)
The plaintiffs were interested in cargo shipped on board the vessel Hymetus
. They alleged that the cargo had been lost as a result of the shipowners’ breach of duty as carrier and through its negligence. The plaintiffs arrested..
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East Cross Sea Transport Inc. v. Elgin Brown & Hamer (Pty) Ltd. (The Lake Superior) - 1992 (1) S.A. 102 (Durban and Coast Local Divison) (Magid J.)
The respondent had not been paid for repairs carried out to the vessel Lake Huron
, and arrested the vessel Lake Superior
which, it alleged, was an associated ship. Lake Huron
was owned by East Cross Transport. Lake Superior
was owned by East..
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Compania De Navegacion Ingenious S.A. v. Armada (Asia) Co. Ltd. (The Ingenious) - Before Jack Berg - 13 January 1992
The vessel Ingenious
was chartered on the N.Y.P.E. form. Between 18 January 1990 and 1 March 1990 the vessel traded in areas in the Arabian Gulf which were additional war risk insurance premium areas. The shipowners purchased additional war risk..
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The vessel was chartered on the Norgrain form. She arrived at Chimbote, Peru, to load cargo on 19 June. The port had been closed on 15 June because of heavy swell, and three vessels were already waiting at the anchorage. The port opened at 09 00 on..
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21 March 1992
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