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Ng Choon Ho trading as Fuji Electronics & Machinery Enterprise v. The owners of the vessel Golden Lake - Singapore High Court (Adm.) (Chua J.) - 27 April 1982

The plaintiff was the owner of a cargo of transistors carried from Yokohama to Singapore in the defendants’ vessel Golden Lake under a bill of lading issued by World Shipping Co. Ltd. The cargo was discharged on to the dock-side on 22 October..
Online Published Date:  02 September 1982
Appeared in issue:  74 - 02 September 1982

Malayan Motor and General Underwriters (Private) Ltd. v. Mohamad Hamad Almojil trading as M. Almojil Establishment (The Al-Jubail IV) - Supreme Court (Wee Chong Jin C.J., Lai Kew Chai and Chua JJ.) - 31 March 1982

The Al-Jubail IV , a converted ex Royal Navy Ford Class Seaward Defence Vessel, had been purchased by the respondent from Singapore Shipping Industries (Private) Ltd. (SSI) for ferrying persons to and from platforms at sea in coastal areas. SSI..
Online Published Date:  02 September 1982
Appeared in issue:  74 - 02 September 1982

Foremost Insurance Co. v. Pansy F. Richardson - Supreme Court (Burger C.J., Brennan, White, Blackmun, Stevens, Rheinquist and O’Connor JJ.) - 23 June 1982

The issue in this case was whether the collision of two pleasure boats on navigable waters fell within the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts. The District Court decided that the case was not within federal admiralty jurisdiction since..
Online Published Date:  02 September 1982
Appeared in issue:  74 - 02 September 1982

Edinburgh Assurance Corpn. v. R. L. Burns Corpn. et al (The Gatto) - U.S. Ct. of Appeals (9th Circuit) - 22 January 1982

The defendants obtained insurance in London which covered risks attendant to the proposed salvage of the off-shore mobile drilling platform Gatto Selvatico (“Gatto ”) which had become disabled in the Mozambique Channel. The plaintiff..
Online Published Date:  02 September 1982
Appeared in issue:  74 - 02 September 1982

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The issue in this arbitration was whether the shipowners were entitled to payments of demurrage on account. The vessel, having already incurred demurrage at the loading port, arrived at the discharge port on 12 March 1981. Clause 22 of the..
Online Published Date:  02 September 1982
Appeared in issue:  74 - 02 September 1982

Athens Maritime Enterprises Corpn. v. Hellenic Mutual War Risks Association (Bermuda) Ltd. (The Andreos Lemos)

In a judgment delivered on 24 June 1982, Staughton J. held that, in the context of an insurance policy, there was no reason to limit piracy to acts outside territorial waters. If a ship was “at sea” in the ordinary meaning of the phrase,..
Online Published Date:  02 September 1982
Appeared in issue:  74 - 02 September 1982

Gulf Trading & Transportation Co. v. The vessel Hoegh Shield - [1982] A.M.C. 1138

The time charterers (Multinational Gas & Petrochemical Co.) of the Norwegian vessel Hoegh Shield requested the London office of Gulf Oil Corporation to arange for the delivery of bunkers to the vessel at Cristobal, Canal Zone. The bunkers were..
Online Published Date:  02 September 1982
Appeared in issue:  74 - 02 September 1982

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