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Ssangyong Australia Pty Ltd and Anr v The Owners of the “Looiersgracht” and five other vessels and Ors - Federal Ct (Trial Div) (John A Hargrave Prothonotary) - 19 October 1994
The plaintiff cargo interests arrested the vessel Looiersgracht
in relation to alleged damage to cargo carried not only on the Looiersgracht
but also on five alleged “sisterships”. The defendant shipowners accepted that there was a..
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28 November 1994
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Velco Enterprises Ltd v SS “Zim Kingston” and Ors - US District Court (SDNY) (Sprizzo DJ) - 20 July 1994
The defendant shipowners carried a cargo of polyethylene on board their vessel Zim Kingston
from Houston, Texas to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic under a bill of lading dated 13 March 1990. The vessel arrived in the Dominican Republic at the..
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28 November 1994
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393 - 28 November 1994
WK Webster & Co v American President Lines Ltd (The “President Cleveland”) - US Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) (Feinberg and Miner Ct JJ and Knapp DJ) - 2 August 1994
The vessel President Cleveland
was chartered to carry a cargo of bagged rice from California to several ports in Mozambique. Clause 44 of the charterparty provided:
“All disputes arising out of this contract shall be arbitrated at New York in..
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28 November 1994
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393 - 28 November 1994
London Arbitration 17/94
The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form, which provided for the ship to carry from one “safe berth … where 6,000 metric tons stored … and 1 safe berth … where 12,000 metric tons stored” a cargo of urea “in big..
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28 November 1994
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393 - 28 November 1994