Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

In 2003 Timberwest agreed to sell a quantity of logs to Harwood Products Inc. Harwood arranged for transportation to Eureka, California, at its own expense. Title and risk remained with Timberwest until payment, which was not due until delivery. On..

The plaintiff (“Trident”) was a concessionaire on cruise ships, and contracted with time-charterer Imperial Majesty Cruise Line LLC (“IMCL”) to provide food and beverage service aboard the ship Regal Empress. Trident paid..

The defendant (“Seatrek”) commenced arbitration proceedings in Singapore against the plaintiff (“Regalindo”) seeking damages for an alleged breach of a time charter containing a Singapore arbitration clause. The alleged..

On 1 May 2001 the vessel Tasman Pioneer left Yokohama bound for Busan, Korea. Because the ship was behind schedule, the master decided that instead of passing west of Okino Shima, the usual route for vessels entering Bungo Suido from the south, he..

On 26 March 2004 the vessel Eastwind ran aground on an underwater coral reef just off the Fort Lauderdale coast. The vessel’s P&I Club (Miller) arranged for Hudson Marine Management Services Inc, a “marine environmental casualty..

The plaintiffs were the owners and subrogated insurers of a cargo of automobiles carried on board the vessel Cougar Ace from Japan to various US ports. The plaintiffs alleged that the goods sustained more than US$40 million in water damage..