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Mitsubishi Corporation v Eastwind Transport Ltd and Ors (The "Irbenskiy Proliv") - QBD (Com Ct) (Ian Glick QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) - 15 December 2004
The claimant cargo owners claimed damages from the defendant carrier for negligence and breach of duty in failing to take reasonable care of a cargo of fresh frozen chicken parts on board the vessel. It was alleged that the vessel's refrigerator..
Online Published Date:
12 January 2005
Appeared in issue:
656 - 12 January 2005
Odfjfell Seachem A/S v Continentale Des Petroles et D'Investissements and Anr (The "Bow Cedar") - QBD (Com Ct) (Nigel Teare QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) - 15 December 2004
On 20 August 2002 the claimants chartered their vessel to the defendants on an amended BPVOY4 form for the carriage of a cargo of jet fuel, gasoline and gas oil from Bahrain to Cotonou, Benin for a lumpsum freight. At 0130 on 27 August the vessel..
Online Published Date:
12 January 2005
Appeared in issue:
656 - 12 January 2005
A/S D/S Svenborg and Anr v Far East Trading Cote D'Ivoire and Ors - QBD (Com Ct) (Nigel Teare QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) - 15 December 2004
The claimants wrongfully delivered six containers of frozen meat at Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo. They delivered the containers upon production of documents described as bills of lading. However, the claimants claimed that the documents..
Online Published Date:
12 January 2005
Appeared in issue:
656 - 12 January 2005
ST Shipping & Transport Inc v Vyzantio Shipping Ltd (The "Byzantio") - QBD (Com Ct) (HH Judge Havelock-Allan QC sitting as a High Court Judge) - 15 December 2004
On 4 September 2002 the claimant charterers requested the defendant shipowners, a Maltese company with their registered office in Valetta, to agree a 6 month extension of the one year limitation period in view of the fact that sub-charterers had..
Online Published Date:
12 January 2005
Appeared in issue:
656 - 12 January 2005
Frontier International Shipping Corp v Swissmarine Corporation Inc (The "Cape Equinox") - QBD (Com Ct) (Nigel Teare QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) - 11 January 2005
The vessel Cape Equinox was chartered on an Americanised Welsh Coal Charter Form (amended 1979) for a voyage from Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal in Australia to Lazaro Cardenas in Mexico. The vessel arrived at the discharge port on 12 December 2001 and..
Online Published Date:
26 January 2005
Appeared in issue:
657 - 26 January 2005
World Trade Corporation Ltd v C Czarnikow Sugar Ltd - QBD (Com Ct) (Colman J) - 18 October 2004
Czarnikow sold to World Trade Corporation 10,000 mt of sugar on CIFFO East African port terms. Under the contract, the buyers had to pay a US$350,000 deposit to stand as security for their performance. The sellers alleged that the buyers were in..
Online Published Date:
26 January 2005
Appeared in issue:
657 - 26 January 2005
Farocean Marine (Pty) Ltd v Malacca Holdings Ltd and Anr - Supreme Ct (Marais, Scott, Farlam, Cloete JJA and Patel AJA) - 28 May 2004
Farocean were yacht and shipbuilders in Capetown. Farocean alleged that the second respondent ("R") concluded an agreement with Farocean whereby Farocean agreed to carry out the rebuilding and refit of the vessel Summit One. The relevant discussions..
Online Published Date:
26 January 2005
Appeared in issue:
657 - 26 January 2005
Meihuizen Freight (Pty) Ltd v Transportes Maritimos De Portugal LDA and Ors - Supreme Court (Marais, Scott, and Farlam JJA, Jones and Ponnan AJJA) - 31 May 2004
The appellant ("Meihuizen") was the ship and cargo agent in South Africa for the first respondent ("TMP"). TMP was a Portuguese company based in Lisbon and was the owner of the vessel TMP Sagittarius. The second respondent ("Maviga"), an English..
Online Published Date:
26 January 2005
Appeared in issue:
657 - 26 January 2005
The "Yahroma" - W Sw AC - 30 June 2003
Turkish Ocumuslar Tic. sold a cargo of larch and redwood to Swedish ESI "c&f free out Alexandria" with special duty for ESI to charter a vessel for the cargo. ESI sold the cargo on to El Tawfik "cif Alexandria port free and out". The timber was..
Online Published Date:
26 January 2005
Appeared in issue:
657 - 26 January 2005
Swedish arbitration - Stockholm - The "Baltic Press" - 2 May 2002
A time charter involved the carriage of paper rolls on the ro-ro vessel Baltic Press. On a trip from Norrköping to Lübeck the vessel left Norrköping with the aft ramp unlocked, which caused it to open during the transport, trailing in..
Online Published Date:
26 January 2005
Appeared in issue:
657 - 26 January 2005