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President of India v. Slobodona Plovidba - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Webster J.) - 21 May 1987
The charterparty provided:
cargo to be discharged . . . at the average rate of 1,000 tonnes basis five or more available workable hatches, pro rata if less number of hatches, per weather working day . . .
- The charterers contended that the effect..
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04 July 1987
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200 - 04 July 1987
President of India v. Davenport Marine Panama S.A. (The Albion) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Webster J.) - 21 May 1987
Clause 34 of the Baltimore Form C charter provided:
At first or sole discharging port . . . time to count from 24 hours after receipt of . . . notice of readiness . . . vessel also having been entered at Customs House and in free pratique whether in..
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04 July 1987
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200 - 04 July 1987
Fercometal SARL v. Mediterranean Shipping Co. S.A. (The Simona) - Court of Appeal (Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson V.-C., Parker and Ralph Gibson L.JJ.) - 22 May 1987
The charterers had the option, under a Gencon charterparty, to cancel the contract if the vessel were not ready to load on or before 3_9 July 1982. The option had to be declared at least 48 hours before arriving at the loading port. On 2 July the..
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04 July 1987
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200 - 04 July 1987
Transol Bunker B.V. v. M.V. Andrico Unity - Supreme Court of South Africa (Adm.Div. Cape of Good Hope Provincial Division) (Marais J.) - 5 June 1987
The plaintiffs, who had supplied bunkers to the vessel in Argentina, arrested the vessel in Cape Town. The shipowners contended that the alleged Argentine maritime lien was not a maritime lien of the kind envisaged by section 3(4)(a) of the..
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04 July 1987
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200 - 04 July 1987
Aqua Craft Inc. v. Boston Old Colony Insurance Co. (The Boom Boom) - New York Supreme Court Special Term (Greenfield J.) - 20 April 1987
The vessel Boom Boom
, a 30 foot pleasure boat, was insured by the defendants under a marine policy for hull insurance, which provided:
PERILS. Touching the adventures and perils which this company is contented to bear and take upon itself, they are..
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04 July 1987
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200 - 04 July 1987
Continental U.K. Ltd. v. Anagel Confidence Compania Naviera S.A. (The Common Venture) - U.S. District Ct. (S.D.N.Y.) (Tenney J.) - 27 April 1987
The vessel Common Venture
was owned by Anagel and time-chartered to Fednav Ltd. on the NYPE form dated October 1985. The charterparty provided that disputes should be submitted to arbitration in London. On 3 December 1985 Fednav sub-chartered the..
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04 July 1987
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200 - 04 July 1987
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The issue in this arbitration was the measure of damages recoverable by the buyers of a ship from the shipbuilders (sellers) who failed to deliver the vessel in accordance with the contractual terms.
The contractual date of delivery was 30 August..
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04 July 1987
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200 - 04 July 1987
McDermid v. Nash Dredging and Reclamation Co. Ltd. - House of Lords (Lord Bridge, Lord Hailsham, Lord Brandon, Lord Mackay and Lord Ackner) - 2 July 1987
The plaintiff had been injured when working as a deck-hand on a tug in a Swedish fjord. He was employed by Nash. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was working on a tug which was owned by another company, Stevin Dredging B.V.
The master of..
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18 July 1987
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201 - 18 July 1987
K/S A/S Bani and K/S A/S Havbulk v. Korea Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation - Court of Appeal (Dillon, Woolf and Bingham L.JJ.) - 7 July 1987
Norwegian buyers entered into contracts for the purchase of newbuildings to be built by Korean shipbuilders. The contract provided that any disputes should be resolved by arbitration in London. An arbitrator was to be appointed by each party. Both..
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18 July 1987
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201 - 18 July 1987
Barlee Marine Corporation v. Mountain (The Leegas) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hirst J.) - 29 January 1987
The plaintiffs took out a war risks policy on their vessel Leegas
for four months from 9 February 1985. The interests insured were hull and machinery, loss of earnings, and expenses, for voyages to the Persian Gulf.
The policy was contained in a..
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18 July 1987
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201 - 18 July 1987
9/87
In December 1985 the claimant contractors provided salvage services to the respondents under Lloyd’s Standard Form 1980 (“LOF”). An arbitration had been fixed for April 1987 but in March 1987 the respondents applied for an..
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18 July 1987
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201 - 18 July 1987
10/87
The vessel was chartered for the carriage of a cargo inter alia
of pig iron. Clause 34 of the charterparty provided that “vessel is suitable for grab discharge in tweendecks and lower holds”. The charterparty also provided that the..
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18 July 1987
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201 - 18 July 1987
11/87
The claimants were disponent owners of the vessel and sub chartered her to the respondents under a voyage charter for the carriage of coal from America to Spain. The claimants were stylised as time chartered owners in the charterparty, but no..
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18 July 1987
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201 - 18 July 1987