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22/87
In this arbitration, it was held that neither the 31 December nor 7 January (Clarence Henry’s birthday) were “holidays” for the purposes of a charterparty laytime exception. Both dates were merely “longshoremen’s..
Online Published Date:
07 November 1987
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209 - 07 November 1987
Virgo Steamship Co. S.A. v. Skaarup Shipping Corporation (The Kapitan Georgis) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hirst J.) - 15 October 1987
Skaarup were the time charterers of the vessel Kapitan Georgis, which was owned by the plaintiffs. A cargo of coal was shipped on board the vessel by Cape Breton Development Corporation (“Devco”), a Canadian company. An explosion..
Online Published Date:
07 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
209 - 07 November 1987
Slazengers Ltd. and others v. Seaspeed Ferries International Ltd. - Court of Appeal (Dillon and Bingham L.JJ.) - 28 October 1987
The defendants were a Liberian company. Their vessel capsized with cargo at Jeddah. The plaintiffs (who were numerous) were shippers and consignees of the lost cargo. Many of the plaintiffs were resident in England and many others were not. All the..
Online Published Date:
07 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
209 - 07 November 1987
17/87
The vessel was chartered on the Baltime form to trade “between good and safe ports or places where she can safely lie always afloat”. Those words were then qualified in typescript by the words “but vessel will be used for liner..
Online Published Date:
07 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
209 - 07 November 1987
18/87
The vessel was chartered on the North American Grain form which provided as follows:
Clause 13
Overtime (a) Expenses
(i) All overtime expenses at loading and discharging port(s) shall be for account of the party..
Online Published Date:
07 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
209 - 07 November 1987
19/87
The vessel was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form. Additional clause 17 read:
Owners warrant that the vessel will discharge her entire cargo within 24 hours or will maintain 100lbs per square inch at ship’s rail provided the shore facilities..
Online Published Date:
07 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
209 - 07 November 1987
20/87
The vessel completed discharging in December 1974. In May 1980 the owners purported to appoint an arbitrator pursuant to a claim for balance of freight. The charterparty provided that the balance of 10% of the freight was to be paid “after..
Online Published Date:
07 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
209 - 07 November 1987
21/87
The relevant charterparty provided:
At discharge port time shall not count between noon on Saturday and 8.00 am on Monday, nor between 5.00 pm (noon if Saturday) on the last working day preceding a legal holiday and 8.00 am on the first working day..
Online Published Date:
07 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
209 - 07 November 1987
The Linda - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) -
6 November 1987
On 25 March 1987 a collision occurred between the plaintiffs’ ship Arco Humber and the defendants ship Linda
in international waters off the coast of Belgium. On 14 April 1987 the owners of Linda
arrested Arco Humber
at..
Online Published Date:
21 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
210 - 21 November 1987
K/S A/S Bill Biakh v. Hyundai Corporation - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Steyn J.) - 5 October 1987
Disputes arose under two contracts of sale whereby the buyers were to buy two newbuildings from the sellers. The contracts contained London arbitration clauses.
Arbitrators were appointed and pleadings exchanged. Substantial mutual discovery had..
Online Published Date:
21 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
210 - 21 November 1987
Mitsubishi Corporation v. Aristidis Alafouzos - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Steyn J.) - 19 October 1987
By a shipbuilding contract dated 1 November 1984 Mitsubishi (the sellers) agreed to build a bulk carrier and to sell and deliver it to the Pharal Shipping Corporation (the buyers), a Greek company which was beneficially owned by the defendant. The..
Online Published Date:
21 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
210 - 21 November 1987
Naviera Amazonica Peruana S.A. v. Compania International de Seguros del Peru - Court of Appeal (Kerr and Russell L.JJ. and Sir Denys Buckley) - 10 November 1987
This case arose out of a dispute between a Peruvian insurance company (the insurers) and a Peruvian shipowning company (the shipowners) under a hull policy covering four vessels classed with different Classification Societies in America, Europe and..
Online Published Date:
21 November 1987
Appeared in issue:
210 - 21 November 1987