Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The vessel was chartered under the NYPE form for a trip from the US Gulf to the Mediterranean carrying a cargo of bulk petcoke. Problems arose from the rate at which the ship was discharged. The charterers complained that the ship’s gear was..

The vessel was chartered for the carriage of grain from the US Gulf to Spain. The charterparty provided that notification of the vessel’s readiness to load should be delivered in writing at the office of the charterers or their agents between..

The cargo owners claimed damages from the shipowners in respect of rust damage suffered by a cargo of cold rolled steel coils carried from South Korea to Antwerp. The contract of carriage incorporated the Hague-Visby Rules. The vessel was operated..

The shipowners claimed to have concluded a charterparty with the charterers on the Asbatankvoy form. The charterers denied that they had entered into any charterparty with the owners. The owners’ case was that the charterparty had been..