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Gatoil International Inc. v. Tradax Petroleum Ltd. (The Rio Sun) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Bingham J.) - 31 July 1984
Gatoil agreed to buy from Tradax 62,000 tonnes of Belayim crude oil of normal export quality. Delivery was to be:
. . . in seller’s vessel the Rio Sun
. Vessel has the following options all at WS 65: - Euromed but not east of Greece and..
Online Published Date:
13 September 1984
Appeared in issue:
127 - 13 September 1984
Asty Maritime Co. Ltd. and Panagiotis Stravelakis v. Rocco Guiseppe & Figli and Ors (The Astyanax) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Leggatt J.) - 11 May 1984
The first plaintiffs, a Cyprus-registered corporation, were the owners of the vessel Astyanax
. The second plaintiff, Mr. Panagiotis Stravelakis, was an employee of the first plaintiffs and a Greek citizen. The defendants were an Italian trading..
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13 September 1984
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127 - 13 September 1984
Union Industrielle et Maritime v. Petrosul International Ltd. (The Roseline) - Fed.Ct. Trial Div. (Reed J.) - 23 March 1984
Petrosul (the defendants) agreed to sell a quantity of sulphur to Industries Chimiques Maghrebines (ICM). Under the contract ICM was to be responsible for loading the buyer’s vessel. Title and risk for the cargo were to pass from seller to..
Online Published Date:
13 September 1984
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127 - 13 September 1984
15/84
The relevant charterparty clauses provide:
- 16. The cargo is to be . . . discharged at the rate of 240 MT per available workable hatch . . . per weather working day of 24 running hours, Sundays and Holidays excepted both ends even if used.
- The..
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13 September 1984
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127 - 13 September 1984
Lips Maritime Corpn. v. The President of India (The Lips) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Lloyd J.) - 30 July 1984
A dispute arose under a charterparty in relation to demurrage. The charterers admitted that the vessel was on demurrage for 24 days and 47 minutes and paid the relevant amount of 23 February 1981. The matter went to arbitration. The umpire found..
Online Published Date:
27 September 1984
Appeared in issue:
128 - 27 September 1984
16/84
Clause 62 of the NYPE charterparty in this case provided that owners agreed that liability for cargo claims, as between owners and charterers, should be apportioned as specified by the Inter-Club Agreement. The clause in the printed form of the..
Online Published Date:
27 September 1984
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128 - 27 September 1984
17/84
Damage to cargo carried under a NYPE time charter was caused by bad stowage. The owners settled the claim made under the bill of lading. The charterers did not dispute that the settlement was reasonable but only indemnified the owners with respect..
Online Published Date:
27 September 1984
Appeared in issue:
128 - 27 September 1984
18/84
Clause 30 of the charter provided:
Should the master at any time suspect damage to his vessel, which is the charterers’ responsibility, he must advise immediately charterers latest within 48 hours after the suspected occurency of damage, other..
Online Published Date:
27 September 1984
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128 - 27 September 1984
19/84
“The charterers said that the overall period of hire should be calculated on the basis of local times at delivery and re-delivery. The owners said that the same time standard should be adopted throughout. That meant that the owners claimed..
Online Published Date:
27 September 1984
Appeared in issue:
128 - 27 September 1984
16/84 AND 17/84
Both these arbitrations dealt with the relationship of the NYPE Inter-Club Agreement with the express terms of the charterparties. Clause (1)(ii)(a) of the Inter-Club Agreement provided:
For the Agreement to apply, the cargo responsibility clauses..
Online Published Date:
27 September 1984
Appeared in issue:
128 - 27 September 1984