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Torvald Klaveness A/S v Arni Maritime Corporation (The “Gregos”) - House of Lords (Lord Templeman, Lord Ackner, Lord Mustill, Lord Slynn and Lord Woolf) - 27 October 1994
The vessel Gregos
was time-chartered under the NYPE form for a period of “about 50 to maximum 70 days”. Clause 11 provided that the charterers should furnish the Captain from time to time with all requisite instructions and sailing..
Online Published Date:
12 November 1994
Appeared in issue:
392 - 12 November 1994
Insurance Company v Lloyd’s Syndicate - QBD (Com Ct) (Colman J) - 27 October 1994
The issue in this case was whether it was open to a reassured as of right to disclose to reinsurers who constituted the following market an arbitration award and reasons made in an arbitration between the reassured and the leading reinsuring..
Online Published Date:
12 November 1994
Appeared in issue:
392 - 12 November 1994
London Arbitration 15/94
The dispute arose out of an agreement whereby each party agreed to charter a vessel to the other. The claimants agreed to charter the vessel C to the respondents. At the same time, the respondents agreed to charter the vessel B to the claimants. The..
Online Published Date:
12 November 1994
Appeared in issue:
392 - 12 November 1994
London Arbitration 16/94
The vessel was chartered on the Linertime form on 26 October 1990 while the vessel was discharging cargo under a previous charter. The cancelling date was 0900 hours on 2 November 1990. On 31 October 1990 the owners reported that during grain..
Online Published Date:
12 November 1994
Appeared in issue:
392 - 12 November 1994
Ssangyong Australia Pty Ltd and Anr v The Owners of the “Looiersgracht” and five other vessels and Ors - Federal Ct (Trial Div) (John A Hargrave Prothonotary) - 19 October 1994
The plaintiff cargo interests arrested the vessel Looiersgracht
in relation to alleged damage to cargo carried not only on the Looiersgracht
but also on five alleged “sisterships”. The defendant shipowners accepted that there was a..
Online Published Date:
28 November 1994
Appeared in issue:
393 - 28 November 1994
Velco Enterprises Ltd v SS “Zim Kingston” and Ors - US District Court (SDNY) (Sprizzo DJ) - 20 July 1994
The defendant shipowners carried a cargo of polyethylene on board their vessel Zim Kingston
from Houston, Texas to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic under a bill of lading dated 13 March 1990. The vessel arrived in the Dominican Republic at the..
Online Published Date:
28 November 1994
Appeared in issue:
393 - 28 November 1994
WK Webster & Co v American President Lines Ltd (The “President Cleveland”) - US Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) (Feinberg and Miner Ct JJ and Knapp DJ) - 2 August 1994
The vessel President Cleveland
was chartered to carry a cargo of bagged rice from California to several ports in Mozambique. Clause 44 of the charterparty provided:
“All disputes arising out of this contract shall be arbitrated at New York in..
Online Published Date:
28 November 1994
Appeared in issue:
393 - 28 November 1994
London Arbitration 17/94
The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form, which provided for the ship to carry from one “safe berth … where 6,000 metric tons stored … and 1 safe berth … where 12,000 metric tons stored” a cargo of urea “in big..
Online Published Date:
28 November 1994
Appeared in issue:
393 - 28 November 1994