Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The barge BOS 400 was being towed by the tug Tigr from the Congo to Cape Town pursuant to a charter which was subject to English law and jurisdiction on Towcom terms. On 26 June 1994 in stormy weather the barge was lost while under tow. The owners..

The vessel Lydia Flag was insured by the defendants. The plaintiff shipowners sought to recover under the insurance policy for the loss of its rudder at Abidjan in August 1996. It was common ground that the loss of the rudder was caused as a result..

On 25 May 1998 the Court ordered the vessel Atlantis Two to be appraised and sold. Counsel for interested parties had produced a draft of the Order and of the Commission for Appraisal and Sale. Held , that counsel had wanted interested parties to..

The plaintiffs were the Master, officers and crew of the vessel Sheduva. They brought a motion applying for a review of the taxation of the Marshal’s costs and, in particular, for an order denying the payment of the Marshal’s commission..

In 1992 Venezuelan buyers bought US$1,360,001 worth of pre-fabricated steel building materials from sellers in the United States. The buyers, through their Venezuelan customs broker (‘the shippers’), arranged for the materials to be..