Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

A transformer was described as one package in a bill of lading which incorporated the provisions of COGSA and limited the carriers’ liability to U.S.$500 per package. The District Court had refused to give effect to the limitation provision..

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit refused to apply the $500 package limitation of COGSA to a crate of optical machinery conceded to have been lost before loading. The carrier was held liable for full damages on the basis of..

- A charter-party in 1969 was agreed for full cargo scrap United States/Japan. The vessel loaded in January, 1970, and was lost at sea in February, 1970. The charterers paid 90% of the freight per charter-party and 1971 cargo receivers sued in the..

The Court of Appeal have reversed the decision of Mr. Justice Sheen in The American Sioux (See Issue No. 2). The shipowners were appealing against the decision, which found inter alia , that s.27 of the Arbitration Act 1950 was not applicable to a..

An arbitration was commenced by owners claiming in respect of damage to their vessel on Jan. 9, 1971. The Baltime 1939 charter-party provided for arbitration in London, one arbitrator to be nominated by the owners and the other by the charterers,..

Disputes arose as to the calculation of laytime under an Exxonvoy 1969 charter-party. The umpire in the arbitration had found that the sole cause of the delay to the ship getting into berth was unavailability due to the presence of other ships and..