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Pan Ocean Shipping Co Ltd v Creditcorp Ltd (The “Trident Beauty”) - House of Lords (Lord Keith, Lord Goff, Lord Lowry, Lord Slynn and Lord Woolf) - 27 January 1994
Trident Shipping Co were the disponent owners of a fleet of fourteen vessels. One of these vessels was the Trident Beauty
, of which the owners were the United Arab Shipping Company, and which Trident operated under the terms of a bare boat charter...
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05 February 1994
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Columbus - America Discovery Group Inc v The unidentified, Wrecked and Abandoned Sailing Vessel believed to be the SS Central America - US District Ct (ED Virginia) - 18 November 1993
On 12 September 1857 the luxury passenger liner Central America
sank in the Atlantic Ocean after encountering a hurricane whilst in the course of a run from Panama to New York. 452 passengers and a quantity of gold were on board the vessel when she..
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05 February 1994
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Hong Kong Arbitration 1/94
The issue in this arbitration was whether the shipowners were entitled to withdraw the vessel consequent upon a delay by the charterers in providing the contractual cargo. The Tribunal referred to the so-called “Jupiter” scandal in the..
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05 February 1994
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372 - 05 February 1994
Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd v R J International Inc (The “Elevit”) - Before Manfred W Arnold, A J Siciliano and Michael A van Gelder, Chairman - 8 January 1994
The vessel Elevit
was chartered on the Gencon form. The charterparty called for the charterers to supply a full cargo of 16,600 metric tons (5% more or less in owner’s option) of pre-slung bagged sugar at one safe berth Iloilo, Philippines..
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05 February 1994
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372 - 05 February 1994
Attorney General of the Republic of Ghana v Texaco Overseas Tankships Ltd (The “Texaco Melbourne”) - House of Lords (Lord Keith, Lord Griffiths, Lord Goff, Lord Lowry and Lord Browne-Wilkinson) - 10 February 1994
On 16 November 1982 14,010 tonnes of fuel oil was shipped on board the vessel Texaco Melbourne
at Tema in Ghana for carriage to Takoradi, also in Ghana. The fuel oil never reached Takoradi for reasons which were not attributable to any misconduct..
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19 February 1994
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373 - 19 February 1994
Marc Rich & Co AG v Bishop Rock Marine Co Ltd (The “Nicholas H”) - Court of Appeal (Balcombe, Mann and Saville LJJ) - 3 February 1994
The vessel Nicholas H
was on a laden voyage from South America to Italy when she was found to have cracks in her hull. She anchored off San Juan, Puerto Rico. Arrangements were made for her classification society, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai..
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19 February 1994
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The Ship “Cisco” v Redpath Industries Ltd - Federal Court of Canada (Desjardins, Decary and Letourneau JJA) - 20 December 1993
The plaintiff sought to recover from the defendant shipowners damages for the loss of a portion of a cargo of raw bulk sugar shipped from Guyana to Toronto aboard the defendant’s vessel Cisco
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5444.56 metric tons of raw sugar were loaded in..
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19 February 1994
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373 - 19 February 1994
Marine Recreational Opportunities Inc v Berman - US Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) (Lumbard, Van Graafeiland and Winter Ct JJ) - 31 January 1994
In 1991 Marine Recreational Opportunities Inc (“MRO”) purchased a pleasure craft, a 1987 Cruisers Inc 286 Rogue Sport, at a public auction. On 31 May 1991 MRO sold the vessel to Zachary Berman for $41,000. Title and possession of the..
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19 February 1994
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373 - 19 February 1994