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Metall und Rohstoff Shipping v The Owners of Bunkers on Board the ship MV Genco Leader - Federal Court of Australia (Lee, Tamberlin and Allsop JJ) - 12 August 2005
(2005) 676 LMLN 1
The plaintiff owner of the vessel Tolmi was in dispute with the time charterer of the vessel, Maywal Ltd. The dispute had been submitted to arbitration in London. The plaintiff arrested the bunkers of the vessel Genco Leader,..
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12 October 2005
Appeared in issue:
676 - 12 October 2005
Star Tankers AS and Anr v Methyl Company Ltd and Anr (The “Bow Neptun”) - High Court of South Africa (Durban and Coast Local Div) (Kruger J) - 21 June 2005
(2005) 676 LMLN 1(2)
The respondents applied in terms of section 5(3) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act No 105 of 1983 (”the Act”) for the arrest of the vessel Bow Neptun as security for proceedings to be pursued by the..
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12 October 2005
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676 - 12 October 2005
Vestoil Ltd v M/V M Pioneer and Anr - US Ct of Appeals (11th Circuit) (Birch, Carnes and Barkett Ct JJ) - 19 September 2005
(2005) 676 LMLN 2
Vestoil, a Cyprus corporation with its principal place of business in Greece, supplied fuel oil to the vessel M Pioneer at a location near Singapore. At the time, the vessel flew under the Panamanian flag and was owned by..
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12 October 2005
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676 - 12 October 2005
Holland America and Ors v Wartsila North America Inc and Ors - US District Court (WD Washington) - 9 December 2004
(2005) 676 LMLN 2(2)
The plaintiffs, passenger cruise operators, brought proceedings against numerous defendants, including Bureau Veritas (”BV”), arising out of a fire that destroyed the plaintiffs' yacht Wind Song. BV was the original..
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12 October 2005
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676 - 12 October 2005
London Arbitration 19/05
(2005) 676 LMLN 3
The vessel was chartered on an amended Asbatankvoy form for the carriage of a cargo of paraxylene from Haifa to two safe ports Taiwan. After the fixture was concluded, the charterers obtained an option from the owners to load at..
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12 October 2005
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676 - 12 October 2005
London Arbitration 20/05
(2005) 676 LMLN 3(2)
In September 1995 the vessel was chartered on an amended NYPE form for a trip with a cargo of timber from a Russian port to Istanbul. Discharging was completed by 16 November 1995.
Disputes arose under the charter. The..
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12 October 2005
Appeared in issue:
676 - 12 October 2005
Vastfame Camera Ltd v Birkart Globistics Ltd (The "Hyundai Federal") - High Ct of Hong Kong SAR (Stone J) - 5 October 2005
(2005) 677 LMLN 4
The plaintiff ("Vastfame") sold a quantity of novelty cameras to a French buyer, HPI France, on fob terms. Payment terms were "LC at sight". Vastfame contracted with the defendant freight forwarder ("Birkart") to effect carriage of..
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26 October 2005
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677 - 26 October 2005
R v Ayliffe and Ors - Cardiff Crown Court (HH Judge Griffith Williams QC, Recorder of Cardiff) - 3 February 2005
(2005) 677 LMLN 2
The prosecution alleged that the 13 defendants were connected with Greenpeace UK and were opposed to the use of genetically modified food products. It was alleged that on 20 June 2004 the defendants put to sea from Penarth Marina..
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26 October 2005
Appeared in issue:
677 - 26 October 2005
Quark Ltd v Chiquita Unifrutti Japan Ltd and Ors (The "Vinson") - QBD (Com Ct) (Andrew Smith J) - 26 April 2005
(2005) 677 LMLN 1
On 1 December 1999 Quark entered into an "Eco Pool Vessel Contribution Agreement 1999". Quark wished to contribute their vessel Vinson to a pool of similar vessels under the commercial management of Eco Shipping Ltd, and Eco was..
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26 October 2005
Appeared in issue:
677 - 26 October 2005