Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The plaintiff shipper brought an action against the shipowners of the carrying vessel for cargo damage. The cargo consisted of 1,660 pieces of steel pipe sheathed in an external polyethylene coating and ten externally bare pipes. The cargo was to be..

The river towing vessel Chris Way MacMillan sank at New Orleans. She was raised and placed in drydock. Her propellers and tail shafts were removed by her owners and stored. The shipowners later decided to repower and refurbish the vessel, and..

The vessel Hyundai New World ran aground off the coast of Brazil. The shipowners brought an action against the United States for alleged negligent publication and failure to update an inaccurate nautical chart by the Defense Mapping Agency..

The plaintiff underwriters subscribed to a series of Global Corporate Excess insurance agreement with the defendant (“Exxon”) for the period from November 1988 through October 1989 The agreement insured Exxon and some of its subsidiaries..