Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The plaintiff terminal operator brought in rem proceedings against the vessel Cali seeking $299,770 for outstanding moorage fees and an order for sale. The Court made an order for sale, and determined that future berthage costs should rank as..

This was the trial of preliminary issues, including how and in what manner the Hague Rules were in force in Turkey. It appeared that Turkey had enacted the Hague Rules twice into its legislation. Initially, on 14 February 1955, the Turkish..

The plaintiff cargo interests brought proceedings for damages to a photo-processor carried from Antwerp to Seattle. The defendants applied for a stay on the basis of an exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of Antwerp on the face of a port-to-port..

The plaintiffs made claims against four Russian owned fishing vessels for work done and goods supplied between 1 August and 8 December 1997. At that time the vessels were owned by a Russian company, Karelrybflot. Proceedings were commenced in July..

The defendant was a Russian shipping company. From 1995 until 1998 five fishing vessels which it owned were operated in New Zealand waters by Abel Fisheries Ltd (‘Abel’). Between July 1995 and August 1996 significant quota management..