Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

On 8 April 1980 the respondent was the Master of the British registered vessel Nordic Clansman. The vessel was 138,701 tons gross weight and 1101 feet in length. She had sailed from Immingham and was bound for ports in the Gulf which involved..

The plaintiffs (Manta) were a company incorporated in Liberia, and were a general shipping management company operating from Piraeus in Greece. The defendant lived in Athens. Manta wished to bring an action against the defendant for, inter alia ,..

The defendants were the “notify party” on a bill of lading relating to the carriage of a cargo of television sets in containers from Japan to Southampton in the plaintiffs’ vessel Chevalier Roze. The place of delivery was stated..

The Arbitration Act 1979 was passed with the intention of restricting the opportunities for appealing from the decisions of Arbitrators. A High Court judge was, however, empowered to give leave to appeal from an arbitration award under certain..

The vessel was chartered on the Baltime form. The descriptive words in the preamble of the charterparty were: “. . . about 13 knots in good weather and smooth water . . .” There was also an added-on Clause 26 headed “Vessel’s..