Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

(2006) 697 LMLN 2 A cargo of bagged rice was carried by the vessel under bills of lading which incorporated an identified charterparty, including the Law and Arbitration clause, which provided for English law to apply and for “any dispute..

(2006) 697 LMLN 1 The plaintiff banks had a preferred ship mortgage on the vessel Olympia Voyager, a Greek-flagged cruise vessel. The banks brought an action in rem in the Southern District of Florida to foreclose their mortgage. The district court..

(2006) 698 LMLN 4 The vessel, a chemical tanker, was chartered on the Shellvoy 5 form to carry a cargo of styrene monomer from Al Jubail to three ports/anchorages Kaohsiung, Taichung and, in the event, Ulsan. Discharging at the first two discharge..

(2006) 698 LMLN 2 By a charterparty dated 19 October 2004 the vessel, a 1981-built product carrier of 37,314 mt deadweight on summer marks, was chartered on an Asbatankvoy form incorporating various additional clauses and amendments. The vessel had..

(2006) 698 LMLN 1 A number of disputes arose in relation to the counting of laytime under a charter on the Asbatankvoy form as amended. The owners claimed demurrage of $62,522.23. The disputes were referred to arbitration under the LMAA Small..

(2006) 699 LMLN 1(1) The vessel was chartered by her owners, X Ltd, on the NYPE form for a period of 11 to 14 months, but there were a number of extensions of the charter, culminating in one of 24 May 1996 under which the charter period was extended..

(2006) 699 LMLN 1 On 20 February 2006 the plaintiff issued a summons in rem against the vessel Galaecia . The vessel was subsequently arrested in Durban. The owners of the vessel applied for the arrest to be set aside on the grounds that the..