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Republic of India v. India Steamship Co. Ltd. (The Indian Grace) - House of Lords (Lord Templeman, Lord Goff, Lord Jauncey, Lord Mustill and Lord Slynn) - 18 February 1993
The vessel Indian Grace
loaded a cargo of munitions in Sweden for carriage to India. During the course of the voyage a fire was discovered in one of the holds and the vessel diverted to Cherbourg. The cargo, which consisted mainly of artillery..
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06 March 1993
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Neste Chemicals S.A. v. D.K. Line S.A. (The Sargasso) - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) -
1 February 1993
In May 1991 a cargo of 2,000 tonnes of propylene was carried on board the vessel Sargasso
from Portugal to Antwerp. On arrival at Antwerp some of the cargo was found to be contaminated. On 1 June 1991 the Sargasso
was arrested at..
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Fednav Ltd. v. Ontario Bus Industries Inc. - Federal Ct. of Appeal (Marceau, Decary and Letourneau JJ.A.) - 30 November 1992
In dismissing this appeal, the Federal Court of Appeal held, on the question of interest, that while most admiralty cases had awarded pre-judgment interest at simple rates, unlike English law, there was no express prohibition in Canadian law on..
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The Toronto-Dominion Bank v. The Assistance Registrar of Shipping for the Port of Toronto and Michael James O’Connor (The Corky III) - Fed.Ct. (Trial Div.) (Jerome A.C.J.) - 10 December 1992
In 1985 the respondent Michael James O’Connor, being unable to pay a loan to the plaintiff bank, surrendered an Aloha sail boat bearing the name Corky III
. O’Connor had purchased the boat from one David Wilson but the transfer had not..
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Lucky Goldstar International Corp. v. Nedlloyd Bulk B.V. (The Maasstroom) - Before Gerard J. Asmus, Stephen H. Busch and Manfred W. Arnold - 29 January 1993
Cargo claim - Liability for contamination of Alpha Methyl Styrene
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First Energy (U.K.) Ltd. v. Hungarian International Bank Ltd. - Court of Appeal (Nourse, Steyn and Evans L.JJ.) - 24 February 1993
At the trial, the issue was whether the plaintiffs had established a breach of contract relating to a loan facility to be given by the defendants to the plaintiffs. Two principal questions had arisen for decision. The first was whether the..
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20 March 1993
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Protank Ltd. v. Transatlantic Petroleum Ltd. (The Luctor) - Before Randle B. Carpenter, Joseph H. Winer and Donald Laing Jr, Chairman - 16 February 1993
The shipowners claimed $90,473.95 for demurrage under the terms of a charterparty dated 15 February 1990 of the vessel Luctor
in the Asbatankvoy form for a voyage from Amuay Bay, Venezuela to Sandwich, Massachusetts carrying a full cargo of fuel..
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20 March 1993
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Sunward Overseas S.A. v. Cargill Inc. (The Chios Faith) - Before Roman Bachli -
29 January 1993
The vessel Chois Faith
was chartered on the Bulk Sugar Charter - U.S.A. form to carry a cargo of 9,071 tonnes of bulk raw sugar from the Dominion Republic to the U.S.A.
The vessel loaded the cargo at La Romana on 13th February 1988..
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20 March 1993
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Odfjell Tankers K.S. v. Esco Asset Corporation (The Bow Princess) - Before Raymond A. Connell (Chairman), Manfred W. Arnold and Richard E. Repetto - 5 February 1993
The vessel Bow Princess
was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form dated 14 November 1990 for the carriage of a part cargo of 28,500 tonnes clean condensate from one safe port Algeria to one or two safe ports Caribbean range. The vessel was described as..
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20 March 1993
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