Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The vessels Herceg Novi and Ming Galaxy collided in the Straits of Singapore on 18 August 1996 in Singapore territorial waters. The plaintiffs said that Ming Galaxy was 50% to blame. The defendants said that Herceg Novi was wholly to blame. On..

This was a hearing to determine the proper amount of a salvage award to compensate Canadian Salvage its owners and crew for salvaging the vessel Trade-Up from a strand on Beckwith Island in Georgian Bay. Canadian Salvage became involved at about..

The plaintiff cargo interests sought to recover damages in respect of loss or damage to goods carried on board the vessel Contship Holland from Europe to New Zealand towards the end of 1991. In October 1991 the vessel called at a number of European..

The vessel Ivan Korobkin was sold pursuant to an order of the Court in 1996 and there was approximately US$1 million held in Court for distribution to creditors. The applicants applied, pursuant to rule 22 of the Admiralty Rules 1975 (‘the..

The vessel Fei Xia Shan was sub-time chartered by disponent owners to the plaintiff. The vessel should have been delivered to the plaintiff by 20 September 1991 but the plaintiff refused to accept delivery because the vessel did not conform to the..