Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Disputes arose under a time charterparty. The shipowners, Ocean Wind Maritime SA ("Ocean Wind"), a Panamanian company, brought arbitration proceedings against the charterers, a Singapore company, in London claiming US$235,000 damages, interest and..

In 2000 the defendant shippers bought aluminium in Russia for sale to American buyers. They arranged for the ocean carriage of the aluminium through International Commodities Transport Services ("ICTS"), an Alabama corporation which was a "cargo..

The vessel, a bulk carrier of 35,982 mts summer deadweight on a saltwater draft of 11.053 metres, was chartered on an amended Synacomex form for the carriage of a cargo of maize in bulk from Brazil to various discharge port options, including "1-2..

A further issue arose in the arbitration noted above relating to damages for detention. The vessel arrived outside Swinoujscie and dropped anchor at 1430 on Tuesday 29 May. After delaying for just over one day because the original bills of lading..