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London Arbitration 14/98
The vessel was delivered under the charterparty on 14 June 1995. Hire was payable at the rate of US$6,000 per day 15 days in advance. Payment was received in respect of the first three hires. The fourth instalment of hire amounting to US$90,000 fell..
Online Published Date:
04 August 1998
Appeared in issue:
489 - 04 August 1998
London Arbitration 15/98
The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form for the carriage of a cargo of bulk sulphur. The owners claimed damages and/or an indemnity in respect of any liability they might sustain as a result of the charterers bringing legal proceedings in..
Online Published Date:
04 August 1998
Appeared in issue:
489 - 04 August 1998
London Arbitration 16/98
The vessel (“the subject vessel”) was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form. She arrived at the discharge port at 1345 on 31 December. At the time of her arrival the berth to which she was destined to go was empty. However, the charterers..
Online Published Date:
04 August 1998
Appeared in issue:
489 - 04 August 1998
London Arbitration 17/98
The vessel was time-chartered on the NYPE form. The owners claimed that because of a long wait in tropical waters the ship’s bottom became fouled and had to be cleaned. They contended that the charterers should pay the cleaning costs, and that..
Online Published Date:
04 August 1998
Appeared in issue:
489 - 04 August 1998
The Owners of the ship ‘Herceg Novi’ v. The Owners of the ship ‘Ming Galaxy’ - Court of Appeal (Stuart-Smith and Brooke LJJ and Sir Christopher Staughton) - 16 July 1998
The vessels Herceg Novi
and Ming Galaxy
collided in the Straits of Singapore on 18 August 1996 in Singapore territorial waters. The plaintiffs said that Ming Galaxy
was 50% to blame. The defendants said that Herceg Novi
was wholly to blame. On..
Online Published Date:
18 August 1998
Appeared in issue:
490 - 18 August 1998
Cox (carrying on business as Canadian Salvage) v. The vessel ‘Trade-Up’ and Ors - Federal Court (Trial Div)(Giles ASP) - 20 February 1998
This was a hearing to determine the proper amount of a salvage award to compensate Canadian Salvage
its owners and crew for salvaging the vessel Trade-Up
from a strand on Beckwith Island in Georgian Bay. Canadian Salvage
became involved at about..
Online Published Date:
18 August 1998
Appeared in issue:
490 - 18 August 1998
Candida Publishers Ltd and Ors v. The ship ‘Contship Holland’ and Ors - High Court (Potter J) - 17 March 1998
The plaintiff cargo interests sought to recover damages in respect of loss or damage to goods carried on board the vessel Contship Holland from Europe to New Zealand towards the end of 1991. In October 1991 the vessel called at a number of European..
Online Published Date:
18 August 1998
Appeared in issue:
490 - 18 August 1998
Pusan Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd v. The ship ‘Ivan Korobkin’ - High Court (Paterson J) - 30 June 1997
The vessel Ivan Korobkin
was sold pursuant to an order of the Court in 1996 and there was approximately US$1 million held in Court for distribution to creditors. The applicants applied, pursuant to rule 22 of the Admiralty Rules 1975 (‘the..
Online Published Date:
18 August 1998
Appeared in issue:
490 - 18 August 1998
MV Yu Long Shan: Drybulk SA v. MV Yu Long Shan 1998 (1) SALR 646 - Supreme Court of Appeal (Smalberger, Eksteen, Nienaber and Marais JJA and Van Coller AJA) - 29 September 1997
The vessel Fei Xia Shan
was sub-time chartered by disponent owners to the plaintiff. The vessel should have been delivered to the plaintiff by 20 September 1991 but the plaintiff refused to accept delivery because the vessel did not conform to the..
Online Published Date:
18 August 1998
Appeared in issue:
490 - 18 August 1998