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Unifert International SAL v. Panous Shipping Co. Inc. (The Virginia M) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hobhouse J.) - 18 November 1988
The vessel Virginia M
was chartered under the Gencon form for the carriage of a cargo of bagged calcium ammonium nitrate from Constanza to Nigeria. The vessel was fairly elderly and required a daily supply of about 20 tons of fresh water to feed..
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03 December 1988
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237 - 03 December 1988
Societe Anonyme Des Minerales v. Grant Trading Inc. (The ERT Stefanie) - Court of Appeal (Mustill, Nicholls & Taylor L.JJ.) -
23 November 1988
The vessel Stephanie was owned by a Panamanian company of which the sole proprietor was Mr. Jens Sorensen. The vessel was managed by Sorek Shipping Ltd., a U.K. company, which was also under the control of Mr. Sorensen. Sorek..
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03 December 1988
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237 - 03 December 1988
Turner v. Manx Line Ltd. (The Linkspan) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hirst J.) - 15 November 1988
Manx Line operated cargo services to and from the Isle of Man. They had leased a Linkspan, which was a floating roadway for the transport of vehicles from a Ro-Ro car ferry from ship to shore. The Linkspan was installed in Douglas Harbour and..
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03 December 1988
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237 - 03 December 1988
The owners of the ship Pulkovo v. The owners of the ship Oden - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) - 16 November 1988
On 10 March 1986 at about 12 25 GMT a collision occurred in the Baltic Sea between the plaintiffs’ ship Pulkovo
and the defendants’ ship Oden
. Visibility had been reduced by fog to a distance of about two cables and there was a..
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03 December 1988
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237 - 03 December 1988
Spliethoff’s Bevrachtingskantoor B.V. v. The Attorney General of the Federation and others (The Leliegracht) - Federal High Court (Muhammad J.) - 11 October 1988
In September 1979 the vessel Leliegracht
collided with the Police jetty at Port Harcourt. The jetty was damaged, as were several boats moored alongisde. The ship was ordered to be detained by the Federal Ministry of Transport. While the ship was..
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03 December 1988
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237 - 03 December 1988
The owners of the ship Docebarra v. The owners of the ship Zirje - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) - 8 December 1988
A collision occurred between the plaintiffs’ ship Docebarra
and the defendants’ ship Zirje
on 17 October 1986. Section 8 of the Maritime Conventions Act 1911 provided that any action had to be brought within two years from the date..
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17 December 1988
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238 - 17 December 1988
Newcastle P. & I. Association v. Firma C-Trade S.A. (The Fanti) and Socony Mobil Oil Co. Inc. v. West of England Shipowners Mutual Insurance Association Ltd. (The Padre Island) - Court of Appeal (O’Connor, Bingham & Stuart-Smith L.JJ.) - 30 November 1988
The vessel Fanti
was entered in the Newcastle P. & I. Association whose Rules provided (in Rule 4) that:
the Member shall be protected and indemnified against all or any of the following claims and expenses which he shall become liable to pay..
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17 December 1988
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238 - 17 December 1988
S.I.B. International S.R.L. v. Metallgesellschaft Corporation (The Noel Bay) - Court of Appeal (Stocker, Balcombe & Staughton L.JJ.) - 9 December 1988
The vessel Noel Bay
had been chartered for the carriage of gasoil from Italy to a wide range of European ports. The charterparty provided that the charterers were to nominate the loading port prior to the vessel’s readiness to sail from the..
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17 December 1988
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238 - 17 December 1988
The Aramis - Court of Appeal (O’Connor, Bingham and Stuart-Smith L.JJ.) -
17 November 1988
By two bills of lading numbers 5 and 6 dated 17 May 1980 the defendants acknowledged shipments on board their vessel Aramis
of two parcels forming part of a bulk cargo of Argentine Linseed Expellers. The parcels were for discharge..
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17 December 1988
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238 - 17 December 1988
Amoco Oil Co. v. Parpada Shipping Co. Ltd. (The George S) - Court of Appeal (Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R., Butler-Sloss L.J. and Sir John Megaw) - 29 November 1988
The issue in this case concerned an alleged short-delivery of a bulk oil cargo. The shore loading and discharge figures were 862,838 and 854,335 barrels respectively. The ship’s loading and discharge figures were 867,470 and 861,062..
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17 December 1988
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238 - 17 December 1988
Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries S.A. v. Shipping Corporation of India (The Kanchenjunga) - Court of Appeal (Fox, Lloyd & Glidewell L.JJ.) - 23 November 1988
The vessel Kanchenjunga
was chartered on the Exxonvoy form. The loading options permitted the charterers to load at one of two safe ports in the Arabian Gulf. On 20 November 1980 the charterers ordered the vessel to load at Kharg Island. Kharg..
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31 December 1988
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239 - 31 December 1988
The Freccia Del Nord - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) - 14 December 1988
On 19 June 1987 a collision occurred in the Bay of Biscay between the plaintiffs’ ship Nord Sea of Singapore and the defendants’ ship Freccia Del Nord
of Palermo. At 16 10 on 25 June 1987 the plaintiffs issued a writ in rem
against the..
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31 December 1988
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239 - 31 December 1988
Home and Overseas Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Mentor Insurance Co. (U.K.) Ltd. - Court of Appeal (Parker, Lloyd & Balcombe L.JJ.) -
9 December 1988
The plaintiffs were insurers and re-insurers. The defendants carried on a similar business until 23 August 1985 when they went into voluntary liquidation.
Prior to the defendants’ liquidation a number of Excess Loss..
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31 December 1988
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239 - 31 December 1988
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By a fixture concluded on 21 April, the vessel was chartererd on the Baltime form which included an express guarantee by the owners that the vessel was fitted with three grabs.
On 28 April the owners telexed the charterers that the third grab had..
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31 December 1988
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239 - 31 December 1988
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The vessel was chartered under the Asbatankvoy form for the carriage of a cargo of fuel oil, having previously carried cargoes of crude. One of the issues in the arbitration concerned the commencement of laytime. The parties had agreed that time was..
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31 December 1988
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239 - 31 December 1988