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J I MacWilliam Co Inc v Mediterranean Shipping Co SA (The "Rafaela") - House of Lords (Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Steyn, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry and Lord Brown of Eaton-Under-Heywood) - 16 February 2005
The issue before the House of Lords was whether a "straight consigned" bill of lading (ie a bill of lading not made out "to order") was a "bill of lading or any similar document of title" within the meaning of section 1(4) of the Carriage of Goods..
Online Published Date:
13 April 2005
Appeared in issue:
663 - 13 April 2005
Mora Shipping Inc v Axa Corporate Solutions Assurance SA and Ors - QBD (Com Ct) (Langley J) - 16 March 2005
The claimant, a company incorporated in Liberia and domiciled in Liberia and/or Norway, was the disponent owner of the vessel Vitoria which sustained serious bottom damage proceeding down the River Plate. The claimant alleged that the grounding and..
Online Published Date:
13 April 2005
Appeared in issue:
663 - 13 April 2005
Fortuna Seafoods Pty Ltd (As Trustee for the Rowley Family Trust) v The Ship "Eternal Wind" - Supreme Court of Queensland (Douglas J) - 14 January 2005 [2005] QSC 004
On 5 April 1998 the fishing vessel Melina T was lost as the result of a collision with the vessel Eternal Wind. The Melina T was owned by Fortuna Fishing Pty Ltd ("Fortuna Fishing"). Fortuna Fishing's action against the owners of the Eternal Wind..
Online Published Date:
13 April 2005
Appeared in issue:
663 - 13 April 2005
London Arbitration 8/05
The vessel was chartered on the Africanphos (1950) form as amended for the carriage of a cargo of bulk phosphate from Sfax, Tunisia, to - in the event - three discharging ports in Brazil: Itaqui, Paranagua and Rio Grande. Clause 1 of the charter..
Online Published Date:
13 April 2005
Appeared in issue:
663 - 13 April 2005