Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty - Safe port warranty - Vessel becoming total loss after leaving port of Kashima, Japan during severe gale - Whether Kashima was a safe port - Whether hull insurers entitled to bring subrogated claim against demise charterers for value of vessel

Charterparty - In-transit loss - Vessel carrying cargo of oil from Abidjan to Lagos - Vessel seized by pirates - Pirates transferring cargo from vessel - Whether transferred cargo constituted "in-transit loss" - Whether owners strictly liable for lost cargo

Admiralty jurisdiction - Balance of account - Ship manager bringing in rem claim against demise charterers for balance of account - Plaintiff subsequently serving Further and Better Particulars stating that claim was in respect of bunker costs - Appropriation of payments - Whether claim within admiralty jurisdiction of High Court

Charterparty - Identity of parties - Charterers contending that counterparty was registered owner of vessel - Registered owner denying it was a party - Charter fixed by agent - Owners described in charter as "disponent owners" - Whether phrase "disponent owners" capable of referring to agents - Whether agents had authority to act on behalf of registered owners - Whether agents in breach of implied warranty of authority