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World Fuel Services Corporation v The Ship "Nordems" and Others - Federal Court of Appeal (Letourneau, Nadon and Trudel JJA) - 25 February 2011
Parkroad Corporation (“Parkroad”), the Korean sub-time charterer of the Cyprus flag bulk carrier Nordems, placed an order in Korea with the plaintiff, an American bunker supplier, for the purchase of bunkers which were taken onboard the..
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01 April 2011
Appeared in issue:
818 - 01 April 2011
Mujur Bakat Sdn Bhd and Anr v Uni Asia General Insurance Berhad and Ors (The "Mujur 1") - QBD (Comm Ct)(Eder J) - 18 March 2011
The first and second claimants, both Malaysian companies, were respectively the owners and managers of the vessel Mujur 1. The defendants, also a Malaysian company, were the hull and machinery insurers of the vessel. The insurance policy..
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01 April 2011
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818 - 01 April 2011
Tryggingarfelagio Foroyar P/F v CPT Empresas Maritimas SA (The "Athena") - QBD (Admlty Ct)(David Steel J) - 16 March 2011
On 4 July 2007 a fire broke out on the factory trawler Athena off the coast of Chile. The vessel thereafter proceeded under her own power towards Talcahuano. Following negotiations between agents acting on behalf of the shipowners and agents acting..
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01 April 2011
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818 - 01 April 2011
Transnet Ltd v The Owner of the mv "Alina II" - High Court of South Africa (Western Cape High Court, Cape Town)(Griesel J) - 20 October 2010
In October 2009 the Alina II was berthed at the Langebaan Iron Ore Terminal in the port of Saldanha Bay. The vessel berthed and commenced loading a cargo of Sishen iron ore on 29 October. The loading operation was completed on 31 October when it was..
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01 April 2011
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818 - 01 April 2011
Enviroco Ltd v Farstad Supply A/S (The "Far Service") - Supreme Court (Lord Hope DP, Lord Rodger, Lord Mance, Lord Collins and Lord Clarke JJSC) - 6 April 2011
The vessel Far Service was chartered by the defendant (“the owner”) to Asco UK Ltd as charterer (“the charterer”). On 7 July 2002 the claimant contractor (“the contractor”) was instructed to clean the oil tanks of..
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15 April 2011
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819 - 13 May 2011
Milan Nigeria Ltd v Angeliki B Maritime Company (The "Angeliki B") - QBD (Com Ct)(Gloster J) - 8 April 2011
Disputes arose between the claimant cargo owners and the defendant owners of the vessel Angeliki B arising out of alleged short delivery and alleged caking/wetting damage to a cargo of bagged rice.
The tribunal of commercial arbitrators rejected..
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19 April 2011
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819 - 13 May 2011
West Tankers Inc v Allianz SpA and Anr (The "Front Comor")(No 2) - QBD (Com Ct)(Field J) - 6 April 2011
The claimant owners chartered their vessel Front Comor to Erg Petroli SpA on an amended Asbatankvoy form for the carriage of a cargo of crude oil to Erg’s refinery in Italy. The charterparty contained a London arbitration clause.
Following a..
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19 April 2011
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819 - 13 May 2011
Fortis Bank SA/NV and Anr v Indian Overseas Bank (No 2) - QBD (Com Ct)(Jonathan Hirst QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) - 29 March 2011
The second claimant (“Stemcor”) entered into five contracts, incorporating Incoterms 2000, under which they sold containerised scrap to SESA International Ltd (“SESA”). The contracts were made through MSTC Ltd, an Indian..
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19 April 2011
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819 - 13 May 2011
UPS Supply Chain Solutions Inc v Qantas Airways Ltd - US Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)(O'Scannlain, Gould and Ikuta Ct JJ) - 10 February 2011
On 14 November 2004 UPS’s predecessor-in-interest contracted with Air New Zealand Engineering Ltd to ship a turbine aircraft engine from New Zealand to the United States. UPS’s predecessor in turn contracted with Qantas to perform the..
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29 April 2011
Appeared in issue:
820 - 29 April 2011
Parakou Shipping Pte Ltd v Jinhui Shipping and Transportation Ltd and Ors - Hong SAR Court of First Instance (Reyes J) - 30 September 2010
In February 2009 Galsworthy Ltd ("Galsworthy") commenced London arbitration proceedings against the plaintiff ("Parakou") claiming damages for a wrongful repudiation of a charterparty said to be contained in, or evidenced by, a fixture recap made..
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29 April 2011
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820 - 29 April 2011
Valency International Trading Pte Ltd v Alton International Resources Pte Ltd - High Court of Singapore)(Jordan Tan AR) - 3 March 2011
On 27 July 2009 the plaintiff buyers and the defendant sellers agreed that the defendants would sell to the plaintiffs 65,000 mts of iron ore fines at US$86 per mt with a laycan period from 1 to 10 August 2009.
On 31 July 2009 the defendants..
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29 April 2011
Appeared in issue:
820 - 29 April 2011
Albemarle Corporation and Anr v AstraZeneca UK Ltd - US Court of Appeals (4th Circuit)(Niemeyer and King Ct JJ Robert J Conrad Jr Chief US DJ for WD North Carolina) - 8 December 2010
In 2005 AstraZeneca, a United Kingdom company, contracted to purchase a quantity of di-isopropyl-phenol (“DIP”) from Albemarle, a Virginia corporation. The contract provided that if AstraZeneca ceased using DIP in favour of propofol, a..
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29 April 2011
Appeared in issue:
820 - 29 April 2011
In re Sojitz Corporation v Prithvi Information Solutions Ltd - Supreme Court of New York (Appellate Division)(Renwick J) - 10 March 2011
Disputes arose between the petitioner, a Japanese company, and the respondent, an Indian company, arising out of a contract made in India, whereby the petitioner agreed to provide telecommunications equipment produced in China to the respondent in..
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29 April 2011
Appeared in issue:
820 - 29 April 2011