Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

In this case the Court considered the doctrine of forum non conveniens in connection with an action in rem by seamen for arrears of wages. None of the parties involved had any connection with South Africa. Jurisdiction was founded only by the..

The defendant shipowners let their vessel Nea Tyhi to charterers on a charterparty which provided that the charterers were to load, stow, trim and discharge the cargo at their expense under the responsibility of the master who was to sign bills of..

6 April 1981 The issue in this case is whether the owner/master of a vessel is entitled to the protection of the Canada Shipping Act so as to limit his liability in circumstances where a collision was caused by negligence on the part of..

The Laura Prima was chartered to the respondents on an Exxonvoy 1969 form dated 22 November 1978. The vessel arrived at her loading place in Libya at 01 40 on 27 November 1978 and gave notice of readiness, but she was unable to proceed to her..

The respondent cargo owners chartered the vessel Winson to carry a cargo of wheat from a United States port to Bombay. During the voyage, on 21 January 1975, the Winson stranded on a reef in the South China Sea. The appellant salvors entered into..

2 October 1981 The owners of the Nikos A claimed demurrage under a charterparty dated 10 January 1979 on a “Euromed” form. The charterparty contained the usual provisions as to laytime and incorporated the Centrocon Strike Clause. It..