Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Time charter - NYPE form - Final hire accounts - LSFO unavailable at redelivery port - Whether disponent owners obliged to accept charterers' proposal to take LSMGO in LSFO tanks - What quantities of bunkers should be considered in owners' claim for compensation - Underwater cleaning - Whether anchorage dues and pilotage fees incurred as a result of charterers' employment orders - Whether dues and fees for owners' account - Whether incurred to enable owners to comply with eligibility warranty - Procedure - LMAA's Small Claims Procedure - Apportionment of costs

Admiralty - Collision - Fault - Causation - Allocation of responsibility - Merchant Shipping Act 1995, section 187

Ship finance - Mortgages - Bank claim following loan default- Security over vessels - Vessels sold by port authority in private sale - Duties of bank

Admiralty - Ship mortgage - Whether gaming equipment fell within scope of mortgage - Meaning of "ship", "appurtenances" and "belongings"

Charterparty (time) - Whether fixture had come into agreement - Recap - Negotiations - Terms subject - Charterers' management approval subject - Counter offer - Withdrawal of offer - Estoppel

Salvage - Entitlement of salvors to salvage - Whether salvage contract had been entered into - Intention to be bound - International Convention on Salvage 1989

Sale of cargo - Buyer making advance payment - Buyer refusing to proceed with purchase - Whether advance payment repayable

Supply of bunkers - Claim by suppliers for payment against time charterers who ordered bunkers - Time charterers alleging owners paid suppliers' invoice - Suppliers confirming they had not been paid - Time charterers subsequently offering to settle claim in full - Contractual monthly interest - Costs