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Owners of cargo lately laden on board the m/v “Delos” v Delos Shipping Ltd - QBD (Com Ct)(Langley J) - 31 January 2001
The claimant cargo interests brought proceedings against the defendant shipowners for alleged cargo shortage. The claimants claimed as owners and lawful holders of bills of lading in respect of various cargoes carried on board the vessel Delos
..
Online Published Date:
01 March 2001
Appeared in issue:
556 - 01 March 2001
Imperial Oil Ltd v Petromar Inc (The “Le Brave” and “A G Farquharson”) - Federal Ct (Trial Div)(MacKay J) - 17 August 2000
The plaintiff (“Imperial”), a Canadian company, was the registered owner of the vessels Le Brave
and A G Farquharson
. The defendant (“Petromar”) was a United States company carrying on the business of distribution and..
Online Published Date:
01 March 2001
Appeared in issue:
556 - 01 March 2001
Manifest Shipping Co Ltd v Uni-Polaris Shipping Co Ltd (The “Star Sea”) - House of Lords (Lord Steyn, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Clyde, Lord Hobhouse of Woodborough and Lord Scott of Foscote) - 18 January 2001
The vessel Star Sea,
one of a fleet of vessels beneficially owned by the Kollakis family, was insured under a time policy. On 29 May an accidental fire started in the engine-room workshop. Despite attempts to extinguish the fire, it spread to the..
Online Published Date:
01 March 2001
Appeared in issue:
556 - 01 March 2001
Losinjska Plovidba Brodarstvo DD v Valfracht Maritime Co Ltd and Anr (The “Lipa”) - QBD (Com Ct)(Andrew Smith J) - 2 February 2001
The issue in this case was whether the charterparty contained a warranty about the fuel consumption of the vessel, the charterers complaining that in breach of warranty she consumed excessive quantities of fuel. The arbitrators upheld the..
Online Published Date:
01 March 2001
Appeared in issue:
556 - 01 March 2001
The Canadian Salt Co Ltd and Ors v The ship “Irving Cedar” and ors - Federal Court (Trial Div)(O’Keefe J) - 6 September 2000
The plaintiffs brought in rem
and in personam
proceedings against the defendants for damages sustained to their dock and dockside equipment on 7 April 1993 when the dock was struck by the defendants’ tug Irving Cedar
when it was breaking..
Online Published Date:
15 March 2001
Appeared in issue:
557 - 15 March 2001
London Arbitration 4/01
The vessel, an Aframax tanker, was chartered on the Shelltime 4 form for a short time charterparty of “minimum 15 days/maximum 30 days in Charterers’ option” at a daily rate of hire of US$10,000. She was delivered to the charterers..
Online Published Date:
15 March 2001
Appeared in issue:
557 - 15 March 2001
London Arbitration 5/01
The vessel was chartered on an amended NYPE form, together with rider clauses, for one time charter trip basis delivery Jorf Lasfar (Morocco) via East Coast South America to Singapore/Japan range with a cargo of steel and/or lawful harmless general..
Online Published Date:
15 March 2001
Appeared in issue:
557 - 15 March 2001
Gulf Azov Shipping Co Ltd and Ors v Idisi and Ors (The “Dubai Valour”) - Court of Appeal (Brooke and Longmore LJJ, and Buckley J) - 9 March 2001
On 14 June 1997 a cargo of drilling rigs was loaded on board the vessel Dubai Valour
at Kandla, India under a bill of lading which provided for carriage to Sapele in Nigeria. On arrival, part of the cargo, which had been loaded on deck, was..
Online Published Date:
29 March 2001
Appeared in issue:
558 - 29 March 2001
Australian Tallow & Agri-Commodities Pty Ltd v Malaysia International Shipping Corporation - New South Wales Court of Appeal (Meagher JA, Sheller JA and Powell JA) - 2 March 2001
The issue was whether a lien on cargo clause in a shipowner’s standard form bill of lading enabled the carrier to retain possession of the cargo to secure amounts payable by the shipper’s agent to the carrier under other contracts..
Online Published Date:
29 March 2001
Appeared in issue:
558 - 29 March 2001
London Arbitration 6/01
The vessel was chartered under an amended NYPE form for a 60 month period trading for world wide trading. A dispute arose in relation to expenses incurred in removing mud from the vessel’s ballast tanks. The vessel had called at the port of..
Online Published Date:
29 March 2001
Appeared in issue:
558 - 29 March 2001