Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

By a charterparty dated 4 April 2008 (“the April charterparty”) the claimant owners chartered the reefer vessels Almeda Star and Avelona Star to Kalistad Ltd (“the charterers”). By a further charterparty dated 15 July 2008..

The vessel was chartered on the NYPE form. Whilst discharging a cargo of steel pipes the vessel’s No 1 crane jib fell on to the hatch coaming of hatch No 2. The owners claimed against the time charterers for losses allegedly suffered as a..