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Easybiz Investments v Sinograin Oils Corporation and Anr (The "Biz") - QBD (Comm Ct)(Hamblen J) - 7 September 2010
On 12 May 2008 the motor vessel Biz lost her rudder whilst laden with crude degummed soya bean oil in bulk. The vessel was towed to Cape Town for repairs and General Average was declared. The shipowners subsequently declared the voyage frustrated..
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23 December 2010
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Noble Denton Middle East Ltd and Anr v Noble Denton International Ltd - QBD (Comm Ct)(Burton J) - 7 May 2010
Disputes arose between the claimants and the defendant relating to work done in Dubai. The defendant and others brought proceedings in the United States against the claimants and others.
The claimants contended that the disputes were covered by an..
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23 December 2010
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Borealis AB v Geogas Trading SA - QBD (Comm Ct)(Gross LJ) - 9 November 2010
By a contract made on 22 August 2003 the defendant (“Geogas”) agreed to sell to the claimant (“Borealis”) 5,200 mt of butane as a feedstock for Borealis’s integrated olefin plant situated at Stenungsund, Sweden. The..
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23 December 2010
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Compania Sud Americana De Vapores SA v Sinochem Tianjin Import and Export Corp (The "Aconcagua") - Court of Appeal (Maurice Kay, Longmore and Stanley Burnton LJJ) - 9 December 2010
On 30 December 1998 an explosion took place in No 3 hold of the vessel Aconcagua while on passage off the coast of Ecuador. The cause of the explosion was the self ignition of 334 kegs of calcium hypochlorite stowed in a container. The container was..
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23 December 2010
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811 - 23 December 2010