Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The claim concerned a consignment of mixed cargo carried on board the vessel Chitral owned by the defendants PNSC. The cargo was damaged during the course of the voyage during heavy weather in the Bay of Biscay. Two preliminary issues arose, namely..

The owners claimed damages for premature redelivery under a time charter. The duration of the charter was agreed in the following terms: ‘…one time charter trip via safe ports, safe berths, safe anchorages, always afloat, always within..

The vessel Dimitris Perrotis was fixed for a time charter trip on the NYPE form from Port Talbot, United Kingdom, via ports for redelivery at Xingang, China. From Port Talbot the vessel proceeded in ballast to Morehead City for cargo, then to China..

This was a preliminary issue to determine whether a policy of marine insurance on the yacht Solveig was a valued or unvalued policy. The claimant owners of the yacht completed a proposal form, which provided: ‘ITEM   VALUE TO..

The vessel Jalagouri was chartered on the 1946 NYPE form as amended for the carriage of a general cargo from Japan to India. A few days after sailing from her last loading port, the vessel suffered engine damage and collided with a breakwater...

The vessel Clipper Sao Luis was chartered on the NYPE form as amended. The charterers were employing the vessel in their liner service for general and container cargoes between West Africa and South America. The vessel had called at Cotonou where..

The claimant owners alleged that they had concluded a contract of affreightment with the first defendants (‘Bao Steel’) for shipments of iron ore from Brazil to China. The first defendants disputed that they were parties to the contract..