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New Zealand China Clays Ltd and Ors v Tasman Orient Line CV (The “Tasman Pioneer”) – High Court of New Zealand (Williams J) – 31 August 2007
(2007) 727 LMLN 3
On 1 May 2001 the vessel Tasman Pioneer
left Yokohama bound for Busan, Korea. Because the ship was behind schedule, the master decided that instead of passing west of Okino Shima, the usual route for vessels entering Bungo Suido..
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03 October 2007
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727 - 03 October 2007
CTI Group Inc v Transclear SA (The “Mary Nour”) – QBD (Com Ct) (Field J) – 14 September 2007
(2007) 727 LMLN 2
In early 2004 CTI Group Inc, a company specialising in cement trading worldwide, embarked on a strategy designed to break the cartel operated in the Mexican cement market by Cemex, a monopoly supplier of cement in Mexico. The plan..
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03 October 2007
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727 - 03 October 2007
Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc (The “Achilleas”) – Court of Appeal (Ward, Tuckey and Rix LJJ) – 6 September 2007
(2007) 727 LMLN 1
On 22 January 2003 Mercator Shipping Inc, the owners of the vessel Achilleas
, chartered her to Transfield Shipping Inc on an amended NYPE 1946 form (“the charterparty”) for a period of “about 5 to about 7 months..
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03 October 2007
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727 - 03 October 2007
The “Vasiliy Golvnin” – Singapore High Court (Tan Lee Meng J) – 31 July 2007
(2007) 728 LMLN 3
By a head charterparty dated 9 September 2005 the vessel Chelyabinsk
was chartered by her owners, Far Eastern Shipping Co Plc (FESCO”), on an amended NYPE form to Sea Transport Contractors Ltd (“STC”), who..
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17 October 2007
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728 - 17 October 2007
The Asia Star – Singapore Court of Appeal (Andrew Phang Boon Leong JA, Belinda Ang Saw Ean J and Chan Sek Keong CJ) – 27 March 2007
(2007) 728 LMLN 2
The appellant shipowners chartered their vessel Asia Star
to the respondent charterers on the terms of the Vegoilvoy Tanker Voyage Charterparty 1950 for the carriage of refined bleached and deodorised palm oil (“RBD palm..
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17 October 2007
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728 - 17 October 2007
United Salvage Pty Ltd v Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SNC – Federal Court of Australia – Full Court (Ryan, Kiefel and Dowsett JJ) – 1 August 2007
(2007) 728 LMLN 1
On 27 March 2002 the bulk carrier La Pampa
grounded in the Auckland channel when her steering gear failed on leaving the Clinton Loading Berth in Gladstone Harbour. The three tugs which had assisted the La Pampa
to unberth were..
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17 October 2007
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728 - 17 October 2007
Pacific Maritime (Asia) Ltd v Holystone Overseas Ltd – QBD (Com Ct) (Christopher Clarke J) – 11 October 2007
(2007) 729 LMLN 3(2)
By a memorandum of agreement dated 21 July 2006 and containing a London arbitration clause, the claimant, a Hong Kong corporation, agreed to sell an accommodation barge to the defendant, a British Virgin Islands company, for..
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31 October 2007
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729 - 31 October 2007
Samsun Logix Corporation v Oceantrade Corporation – QBD (Com Ct) (Gross J) – 18 October 2007
(2007) 729 LMLN 3
On 8 February 2005 Deval Denizcilik Ve Ticaret AS (“Deval”) chartered their vessel Orhan Deval
to Oceantrade Corporation (“OTC”) on an amended NYPE form, clause 18 of which gave the owners a lien on..
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31 October 2007
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729 - 31 October 2007
Bandwidth Shipping Corporation v Intaari (The “Magdalena Oldendorrf”) – Court of Appeal (Waller, Gage and Lawrence Collins LJJ) – 17 October 2007
(2007) 729 LMLN 2
The owners of the Magdalena Oldendorrf
, an ice-classed ship, chartered her on an amended Baltime form dated 2 March 2002 for a period of 45 days plus up to 10 days for a voyage to Antarctica. The charter contained a warranty as to..
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31 October 2007
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729 - 31 October 2007
Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation and Ors v Privalov and Ors – House of Lords (Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood) – 17 October 2007
(2007) 729 LMLN 1
Disputes arose between the Russian Sovcomflot group of companies and a Mr Nikitin who was alleged to have bribed one or more directors or employees of companies in the Sovcomflot group. Eight charterparties had been concluded on..
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31 October 2007
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729 - 31 October 2007