Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

This was a claim by charterers of the vessel Alexandros G Tsavliris against the Banco do Brasil, the mortgagees of the ship, alleging that the bank had wrongfully induced breach of the charterparties and bills of lading. The shipowners had fallen..

The plaintiff cargo owners brought proceedings in Canada in respect of damage to a shipment of bailer twine carried from Brazil to Toronto onboard the defendants’ vessel Lara S . The plaintiff’s statement of claim was filed on 28 April..

The plaintiff was the consignee of 805 M.T. of crude oil and 204 M.T. of soya bean oil loaded at Jakarta in July 1990 for Sydney and Brisbane on board the vessel Bakri Navigator pursuant to a bill of lading issued by the owner of the vessel,..

The plaintiff cargo interests were holders of a bill of lading which incorporated the Hague Rules, Article III Rule 6 of which provided that the carrier and the ship should be discharged from all liability in respect of loss or damage unless suit..

The vessel was chartered for the carriage of “10,000 MT Corn . . . plus 5,000 MT Soyabean Meal . . . both 5% more or less, quantity at Owners’ option”. By an addendum, it was agreed that the charterers might load an additional..