Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The facts of this case were summarised in LMLN 60. Although all three members of the Court of Appeal held that Mustill J. was wrong in holding that the turning off to Durban was a “taking at sea”, they each gave different reasons for..

The following three recent arbitration decisions all concern issues arising out of shipowners’ obedience to charterers’ orders. The relevant charterparty clauses provided that freight was to be paid: . . . within 7 working days from..

The vessel, which was time-chartered on the NYPE form, loaded a cargo in Venezuela where a bill of lading was issued showing Genoa as the discharging port. That was changed to Savona against the charterers giving the usual letter of indemnity. After..

The vessel loaded 30,906 tons of yellow corn. Two bills of lading were issued in respect of the cargo; one for 25,598 tons and the other for 5,308 tons, the latter quantity being loaded into No. 2 hold. The sellers of the cargo were named as..