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Fraser Shipping Ltd v Colton and Ors (The “Shakir III”) - QBD (Com Ct)(Potter LJ) - 11 October 1996
The plaintiffs bought the semi-submersible lift vessel Shakir III
on 4 May 1993, at which time the vessel was at Jebil Ali. On 11 May 1993 the plaintiffs sold her on to Chinese buyers for demolition. Delivery was to be under tow at Wuson anchorage..
Online Published Date:
07 January 1997
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448 - 07 January 1997
International Bulk Shipping and Services Ltd v The Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation of India [and other actions] - QBD (Com Ct)(HH Judge Diamond QC sitting as a Judge of the High Court) - 3 September 1996
This was the latest stage of legal proceedings begun in 1988 to enforce six arbitration awards made in 1984 in respect of disputes arising under six charterparties concluded in 1974 and 1975. On one side of the arbitrations were International Bulk..
Online Published Date:
07 January 1997
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448 - 07 January 1997
Ordon v Grail (and other actions) - Court of Appeal for Ontario (McKinlay, Catzman and Osborne JJA) - 23 October 1996
These were five cases concerned with three separate boating incidents in Canadian inland waters. In the first incident a passenger drowned when a pleasure boat sank on Lake Erie. The second incident involved a collision between two pleasure craft on..
Online Published Date:
07 January 1997
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448 - 07 January 1997
Carbotrade SPA v Bureau Veritas (The “Star of Alexandria”) - US Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)(Van Graafeiland, Walker and Leval Ct JJ) - 31 October 1996
The vessel Star of Alexandria
was owned by Caribene Investments Ltd (a corporation organized under the laws of Gibraltar) and registered in the United Kingdom dependency of Gibraltar. She was managed by a company with offices in Greece. In February..
Online Published Date:
07 January 1997
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448 - 07 January 1997