Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The defendants were a large Russian shipowner which operated inter alia liner services between St Petersburg and the United States. The plaintiff was a modern competitor. In January 1994 the plaintiffs started a liner trade between St Petersburg..

The vessel Alaska was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form for a voyage from Skikda, Algeria, to one or two safe US Atlantic, Gulf or Caribbean ports. A dispute arose as to demurrage at the loading port. The charterers claimed that on the disputed..

The vessel was chartered for a period of 7 years and 6 months, with charterer’s option to declare another 5 years. The charter contained a clause allowing owners the option during the period of the charter to substitute twice similar vessels...

The vessel Superten was chartered on the NYPE form for a period of 12 months, 10 days more or less. Lines 19/22 of the charter provided: “... and capable of steaming, fully laden, under good weather conditions 14 knots on consumption of .....

The vessel Clipperventure L was chartered by Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Ltd (“Ceres”) to Hoechst Celanese Chemical Group Inc (“Hoechst”) on the Asbatankvoy form for the carriage of a cargo of Vinyl Acetate Monomer..

The plaintiff solicitors acted for clients who were engaged in an arbitration dispute with shipowners under a charterparty. The plaintiffs’ client terminated their retainer during the course of the arbitration, and requested the plaintiffs to..