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Bridge Oil Ltd v Owners and/or Demise Charterers of the ship “Giuseppe di Vittorio” - Court of Appeal (Evans, Aldous and Waller LJJ) - 29 October 1997
The plaintiffs arrested the vessel Giuseppe di Vittorio
for non payment of the price of bunkers supplied to the vessel in July and December 1996. The vessel was one of a large fleet of vessels operated world-wide by Blasco (Black Sea Shipping..
Online Published Date:
06 January 1998
Appeared in issue:
474 - 06 January 1998
Fletamentos Maritimos SA v Effjohn International BV - Court of Appeal (Simon Brown, Morritt and Waller LJJ) - 10 December 1997
On 21 February 1997 the Court of Appeal refused an application by the plaintiffs (Marflet) for leave to appeal against an order by Morison J on 3 October 1996 dismissing their motion against the defendants (Effjohn) in arbitration proceedings in..
Online Published Date:
06 January 1998
Appeared in issue:
474 - 06 January 1998
Waterwell Shipping Inc and Anr v HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd (The “Alpha Kilimanjaro”) - Supreme Ct of New South Wales (Commercial Div)(Giles CJ Comm Div) - 19 September 1997
On 24 July 1994 the vessel Alpha Kilimanjaro
sank at berth at Mbaraki River, Mombasa. The shipowners and mortgagees claimed from the defendant hull and machinery insurers the vessel’s agreed value of US$1,200,000.
Clause 6.2 of the insurance..
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06 January 1998
Appeared in issue:
474 - 06 January 1998
JCB Sales Ltd and Ors v Wallenius Lines and Ors (The “Seijin”) - US Court of Appeals (Van Graafeiland, Meskill and Kearse Ct JJ) - 21 August 1997
The plaintiff cargo owners brought proceedings against the shipowners and charterers of the vessel Seijin
in respect of alleged damage to cargo carried by the vessel from England and Belgium to Baltimore, Maryland in March 1995.
Upon shipping the..
Online Published Date:
06 January 1998
Appeared in issue:
474 - 06 January 1998
Viktor Overseas Ltd v Deiulemar Compagnia Di Navigazione SpA and Ors (The “Filomena Lembo”) - Federal Court (Trial Div)(Nadon J) - 19 November 1997
The plaintiff arrested the vessel Filomena Lembo
claiming unpaid costs in connection with the repair of the vessel in June and July 1996.
After denying an application by the defendant shipowners for an order quashing and setting aside the warrant..
Online Published Date:
20 January 1998
Appeared in issue:
475 - 20 January 1998
United States of America v Rivera - US Court of Appeals (1st Circuit)(Sitting en banc) - 2 December 1997
This case arose out of a major oil spill that occurred during the night of 6/7 January 1994 off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The accident occurred after the tow wire connecting the tugboat Emily S
to the barge Morris J Berman
parted. The..
Online Published Date:
20 January 1998
Appeared in issue:
475 - 20 January 1998
United States Lines Inc and Ors v American Steamship Owners Mutual P & I Association Inc and Ors - US District Court (SDNY)(Stein DJ) - 26 November 1997
The defendants were various foreign and domestic maritime insurers (“the Clubs”) from whom United States Lines, Inc and United States Lines (SA) Inc (“the Debtors”) had purchased P & I policies over the course of some 40..
Online Published Date:
20 January 1998
Appeared in issue:
475 - 20 January 1998
London Arbitration 1/98
The vessel was under a head time charter for a period of about 5 to 7 months’ duration. The disponent owners sub-chartered her on the NYPE form basis delivery “on passing Cape Passero Westbound” between 3 and 8 October 1994 for a..
Online Published Date:
20 January 1998
Appeared in issue:
475 - 20 January 1998