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Brovigtank v. Transcredit and Oil Tradeanstalt (The Gunda Brovig) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Robert Goff J.) - 12 October 1981
Brovigtank chartered their vessel Gunda Brovig
to Transcredit on an Exxonvoy form dated 16 December 1976 for a voyage with a clean petroleum product from the Arabian Gulf to a European port. The ship proceeded to Basrah and loaded a cargo there in..
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Miserocchi v. Agricultores Federados Argentinos SCL and Bunge A/G (The Sotir and The Angelic Grace) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Staughton J.) - 6 October 1981
Agricultores and Bunge agreed to sell a quantity of maize f.o.b. to Miserocchi. The maize was to be shipped in various parcels at two Argentinian ports between certain dates in 1978. There were three separate contracts, the material provisions of..
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Mediolanum Shipping Co. v. Japan Lines Ltd. (The Mediolanum) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Robert Goff J.) - 29 June 1981
The respondents time-chartered the claimants’ vessel Mediolanum
on the NYPE form. The ship loaded her cargo at Los Angeles and set off to Ghent on a voyage via the Panama Canal with a full cargo of petroleum coke. The charterers had made..
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The Ilo Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) - 9 July 1981
This was a claim for salvage services rendered to the vessel Ilo
in March 1980 in the Thames Estuary. Ilo
, a general cargo vessel of 8,620 grt used as a Peruvian Naval Auxiliary, already had a part cargo of fertilizer on board when she entered the..
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Diamond Freighter Corporation v. Central Gulf Lines Inc. (The Panagos D. Pateras) -
27 July 1981 (Sole Arbitrator - Michael A. van Gelder)
The following extract is taken verbatim from the arbitrator’s award [the detailed facts were not stated]:
“. . . I find that under the terms of clause 34 of the charterparty,..
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Kandagasabapathy v. MV Melina Tsiris (1981) (3) S.A.L.R. 950 (Thirion J.)
In this case the Court considered the doctrine of forum non conveniens
in connection with an action in rem
by seamen for arrears of wages. None of the parties involved had any connection with South Africa. Jurisdiction was founded only by the..
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The Nea Tyhi - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) - 10 November 1981
The defendant shipowners let their vessel Nea Tyhi
to charterers on a charterparty which provided that the charterers were to load, stow, trim and discharge the cargo at their expense under the responsibility of the master who was to sign bills of..
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Donald Vaccher, owner of the ship Blue Waters and the ship Blue Waters v. Donald Henry Kaufman and Jan Jacobson - Supreme Court of Canada (Hon. Justices Ritchie, Dickson, Beetz, McIntyre and Chouinard) -
6 April 1981
The issue in this case is whether the owner/master of a vessel is entitled to the protection of the Canada Shipping Act so as to limit his liability in circumstances where a collision was caused by negligence on the part of..
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Nereide SpA di Navigazione v. Bulk Oil International Ltd. (The Laura Prima) - House of Lords (Lords Diplock, Fraser, Scarman, Roskill and Brandon) - 19 November 1981
The Laura Prima
was chartered to the respondents on an Exxonvoy 1969 form dated 22 November 1978. The vessel arrived at her loading place in Libya at 01 40 on 27 November 1978 and gave notice of readiness, but she was unable to proceed to her..
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China Pacific S.A. v. Food Corporation of India (The Winson) - House of Lords (Lords Diplock, Simon, Keith, Roskill and Brandon) - 12 November 1981
The respondent cargo owners chartered the vessel Winson
to carry a cargo of wheat from a United States port to Bombay. During the voyage, on 21 January 1975, the Winson
stranded on a reef in the South China Sea. The appellant salvors entered into..
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Marrealeza Co. Nav. S.A. v. Tradax Export (The Nikos A) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Lloyd J.) -
2 October 1981
The owners of the Nikos A
claimed demurrage under a charterparty dated 10 January 1979 on a “Euromed” form. The charterparty contained the usual provisions as to laytime and incorporated the Centrocon Strike Clause. It..
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