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Bridge Oil Ltd v Owners and/or Demise Charterers of the ship “Giuseppe di Vittorio” - Court of Appeal (Evans, Aldous and Waller LJJ) - 29 October 1997
The plaintiffs arrested the vessel Giuseppe di Vittorio
for non payment of the price of bunkers supplied to the vessel in July and December 1996. The vessel was one of a large fleet of vessels operated world-wide by Blasco (Black Sea Shipping..
Online Published Date:
06 January 1998
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474 - 06 January 1998
Fletamentos Maritimos SA v Effjohn International BV - Court of Appeal (Simon Brown, Morritt and Waller LJJ) - 10 December 1997
On 21 February 1997 the Court of Appeal refused an application by the plaintiffs (Marflet) for leave to appeal against an order by Morison J on 3 October 1996 dismissing their motion against the defendants (Effjohn) in arbitration proceedings in..
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06 January 1998
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474 - 06 January 1998
Waterwell Shipping Inc and Anr v HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd (The “Alpha Kilimanjaro”) - Supreme Ct of New South Wales (Commercial Div)(Giles CJ Comm Div) - 19 September 1997
On 24 July 1994 the vessel Alpha Kilimanjaro
sank at berth at Mbaraki River, Mombasa. The shipowners and mortgagees claimed from the defendant hull and machinery insurers the vessel’s agreed value of US$1,200,000.
Clause 6.2 of the insurance..
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06 January 1998
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474 - 06 January 1998
JCB Sales Ltd and Ors v Wallenius Lines and Ors (The “Seijin”) - US Court of Appeals (Van Graafeiland, Meskill and Kearse Ct JJ) - 21 August 1997
The plaintiff cargo owners brought proceedings against the shipowners and charterers of the vessel Seijin
in respect of alleged damage to cargo carried by the vessel from England and Belgium to Baltimore, Maryland in March 1995.
Upon shipping the..
Online Published Date:
06 January 1998
Appeared in issue:
474 - 06 January 1998