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Taokas Navigation SA v Komrowski Bulk Shipping KG (The “Paiwan Wisdom”) – QBD (Com Ct)(Teare J) – 11 July 2012
The vessel Paiwan Wisdom was chartered under a chain of charters on the NYPE 93 form. The sub-sub-charterparty, dated 25 March 2010, provided for a charter period of 11-13 months trading via safe ports from delivery at Hakodate dock, Japan.
The..
Online Published Date:
03 August 2012
Appeared in issue:
853 - 10 August 2012
London Arbitration 1/12
The claimant owners agreed to carry a cargo of steel bars for the charterers from Gdansk in Poland to Luanda in Angola. The fixture recap, contained in an email, provided:
“-1 gsb Gdansk/1 gsb Luanda (Owners to satisfy themselves abt..
Online Published Date:
03 August 2012
Appeared in issue:
853 - 10 August 2012
London Arbitration 2/12
The vessel was chartered for the carriage of 46,000 mt 10% more or less in owners option, of iron ore in bulk a voyage from one safe port Caldera, Chile to one safe port North China, in the event Qingdao. The charterparty was contained in a..
Online Published Date:
03 August 2012
Appeared in issue:
853 - 10 August 2012
Antonio Gramsci Shipping Corporation and Ors v Lembergs – QBD (Com Ct)(Teare J) – 12 July 2012
The claimants brought claims against five offshore companies (“the corporate defendants”) arising out of what the claimants said was a fraudulent scheme by which the corporate defendants chartered a number of vessels owned by the..
Online Published Date:
28 August 2012
Appeared in issue:
854 - 28 August 2012
VTB Capital plc v Nutritek International Corp and Ors – Court of Appeal (Lloyd, Rimer and Aikens LJJ) – 20 June 2012
In this case the Court of Appeal considered the meaning of the expression “piercing the veil of incorporation”.
Held, that piercing the corporate veil would or might lead to the granting of remedies against the company which, veil..
Online Published Date:
28 August 2012
Appeared in issue:
854 - 28 August 2012
London Arbitration 3/12
The vessel was chartered on the NYPE form (1946) for minimum 30 months up to maximum 36 months, exact duration in charterers’ option. At the conclusion of the charter the charterers withheld hire to reflect their claims for underperformance on..
Online Published Date:
28 August 2012
Appeared in issue:
854 - 28 August 2012
London Arbitration 4/12
Two further disputes arose under the charterparty that was the subject of London Arbitration 3/12 (qv for relevant charterparty terms). There was a further speed and consumption dispute in relation to other voyages, and a dispute relating to..
Online Published Date:
28 August 2012
Appeared in issue:
854 - 28 August 2012
Global Maritime Investments Ltd v STX Pan Ocean Co Ltd (The “Dimitris L”) (No 2) – QBD (Com Ct)(Christopher Clarke J) – 8 August 2012
The vessel Dimitris L was chartered under a chain of time charters on an amended NYPE form. Sea Rose Marine SA (“Sea Rose”) was head owner; STX Pan Ocean Co Ltd (“Pan Ocean”) was head charterer; Global Maritime Investments..
Online Published Date:
31 August 2012
Appeared in issue:
855 - 05 September 2012
Programmed Total Marine Services Ltd v The Ship “Hako Fortress” – Fed Ct of Australia (McKerracher J) – 1 August 2012
The plaintiff (“PTMS”) was a supplier of manning services to ships. By a Deed of Continuing Services and Assignment of Debt (“the Deed”) executed on 7 April 2011 between PTMS, Hako Offshore Pte Ltd (“Hako..
Online Published Date:
31 August 2012
Appeared in issue:
855 - 05 September 2012
Dry Bulk Handy Holding Inc and Anr v Fayette International Holdings Ltd and Anr (The “Bulk Chile”) – QBD (Com Ct) (Andrew Smith J) – 27 July 2012
The first claimant (“DBHH”) was the owner of the vessel Bulk Chile. On 25 January 2007 it chartered the vessel to the second claimant (“CSAV”) on the NYPE 1946 form. At that time the Bulk Chile was still under..
Online Published Date:
31 August 2012
Appeared in issue:
855 - 05 September 2012