Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

On 26 July 2005 the owners of the vessel Atalanta (“Kimberley”) chartered her to the defendant (“GMB”) for 84 months. On 28 July 2005 GMB sub-chartered the vessel for five years to the first claimant, Westwood Shipping Lines..

Mr Renford Braganza was the chief engineer of the oil tanker British Unity owned by the first defendant. Mr Braganza was employed by the second defendant. On 11 May 2009 the vessel was in the mid-North Atlantic in the course of a voyage from Sweden..

The claimant was the owner of the fishing vessel Agios Spyridon which was insured under a policy of marine insurance which stated: “Warranted vessel laid up from 1/11/06 until 28/2/07 BDI in port of Mahajanga [Madagascar]…”. The..