Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The vessel Elikon was chartered on a Gencon form. The charterer was Fercometal. Box 3 in Part I stated that the owners were "Sphinx Navigation Ltd, Liberia c/o Internaut Shipping Gmbh". Clause 1 of Part II stated that "It is agreed between the party..

The principal issue in this case was whether an English jurisdiction clause in a charterparty was incorporated into a bill of lading. The issue was considered in the context of Articles 2 and 23 of Council Regulation (EC) 44/2001 ("the Regulation")...

The vessel Eleuthera was chartered on the Shelltime 4 form as amended. Clause 24 of the printed form, as amended, was as follows: "24.(a) Owners guarantee that speed and consumption of the vessel shall be as follows: See Clause 44 [Clause 44 set..

The vessel Romina G, owned by Monsoon Shipping Ltd ("Monsoon"), arrived at Kharg Island to load a cargo of crude oil at the National Iranian Oil Company ("NIOC") terminal. NIOC owned its own tugs, but it also chartered in berthing tugs through its..

At the beginning of 2001 the claimant ("Welex") agreed to purchase a quantity of steel plates cfr, free out, Szczecin. Arrangements were made to charter the vessel Epsilon Rosa, and a fixture was evidenced by a recap telex from the charterers'..

On 28 June 1996 the owners of the vessel Joanna V issued two bills of lading for cargo loaded aboard the vessel in San Lorenzo, Argentina for carriage to China. The bills of lading contained a London arbitration clause. Whilst attempting to leave..

The tanker Kriti Akti was chartered on the Shelltime 3 form as amended for a period of 11 months, 15 days more or less in charterers' option. The vessel was delivered into service under the charter on 25 May 2000. The relevant provisions of the..