Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

As a result of a general average incident, the vessel ABT Rasha diverted towards Port Elizabeth as a port of refuge. Inspection at Algoa Bay made it evident that the vessel needed to be dry-docked. The cargo was transhipped to another vessel. Prior..

The issue in this limitation action was whether the defendant cargo interests had raised an arguable case that the claimant shipowners were not entitled to a decree of limitation. It was common ground that the shipowners were entitled to a decree..

The plaintiffs were said to have done some $5,000,000 damage to the Canadian Pacific Railway bridge at Mission, British Columbia, when the dumb barge Rivtow 901 towed by Bayside Towing Ltd’s tug Sheena M struck the bridge on 2 June 1999. The..

Disputes arose under a charter of the vessel Merak S. The charterers intended to bring arbitration proceedings in London. On 17 March 1999 the charterers applied under section 5(3) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act, 105 of 1983..

On 24 March 2000 the respondent caused the arrest of the ship Multi Diamond on the basis that it was an associated ship of the Marios. The Marios had previously been arrested by the respondent in Poland in June 1996. Security had been established..

The vessel Belnor was arrested in rem as an associated ship in order to provide security for the applicants’ claims in a London arbitration. The issue was the extent of the security to be provided by the respondent vessel, pursuant to..