Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The vessel was chartered on the Sugar Charterparty for a voyage from Bangkok and Kosichang. The charterers contended that they were entitled to a separate notice period at Kosichang. The charter provided that the ship should: with all convenient..

Various additional points arose upon the construction and effect of clauses (1) and (2) of the Inter-Club Agreement. Legal costs Clause (1)(i) included the phrase “the cargo claim, including any legal costs incurred thereon”. That..

A bill of lading was issued by Transcontinental Services Ltd., the time charterers of the vessel Protea Trader for the shipment of a consignment of refractory bricks from Antwerp to Sydney. The goods were carried, after transshipment, on the vessel..

- 27 September 1991 In this case, the Singapore High Court endorsed the longstanding practice that port dues owing to the Port of Singapore Authority incurred whilst a vessel was under arrest were recoverable as part of the sheriff’s expenses..

24 January 1992 One of the issues in this appeal was the measure of damages payable in respect of lost oil cargo. The relevant charterparty specified that all disputes were to be resolved under English law. Shell International Petroleum Co...

30 September 1991 The plaintiff was an importer of Chilean fruit into the U.S. The cargoes were insured by the defendant under an open marine cargo policy. An endorsement to the policy covered inter alia : . . . destruction of, or damage to, the..

The charterparty provided that the vessel should load Bangkok completing Kosichang. The owners contended that this meant that the two places should be treated as one port, and time should commence to count at Kosichang immediately after the vessel..