Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

This appeal raised the question which Mustill LJ in The Mexico I [1990] 1 Lloyd's Rep 507, 510 had left open for "detailed exploration" should it arise in future, namely what were the rights of owners to demurrage and charterers to despatch when,..

The claimants were a Norwegian Bank who were mortgagees of the fishing vessel Aliza Glacial. The claimants had the benefit of a Mortgagees' Interest Insurance ("MII") Marine Policy, and made a claim under the policy following the seizure and..

Arbitrators determined a preliminary issue as to whether the carrier was entitled to limit liability for cargo damage under the US Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1936 ("USCOGSA") or in accordance with the more generous regime of the Hague or..

The claimant cargo interests brought proceedings against the charterers and the owners of the vessel Kapitan Petko Voivoda in respect of (a) the loss of 8 excavators which had been stowed on deck and which were lost overboard in heavy weather, and..

The defendant, a Norwegian Bank, was the mortgagee of the vessel Tropical Reefer and arrested the vessel in Panama in July 1991. The claimant cargo interests, relying on The Myrto [1977] 1 Lloyd's Rep 243, alleged that the Bank had wrongfully..