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Eitzen Bulk A/S v TTMI SARL (The “Bonnie Smithwick”) – QBD (Com Ct)(Eder J) – 14 February 2012
On 10 May 2007 TTMI chartered their vessel Bonnie Smithwick to Eitzen on the Shelltime 4 (2003) form with amendments and rider clauses (“the head charter”). The rate of hire was US$34,500 per day. Clause 15 of the head charter..
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02 March 2012
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842 - 02 March 2012
Polestar Maritime Ltd v YHM Shipping Co Ltd and Anr (The “Rewa”) – Court of Appeal (Sir John Thomas, President of the Queen’s Bench Division, Lloyd and Aikens LJJ) – 17 February 2012
Disputes arose following the sale of the vessel Rewa by the claimant sellers to the defendant buyers on the terms of an amended Norwegian Saleform 1993 (“NSF”) at a price of US$19 million. The Memorandum of Agreement..
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02 March 2012
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842 - 02 March 2012
MacDonald v Pollock (The “Monaco”) – Court of Session (Inner House)(Lord Eassie, Lord Brodie and Lord Osborne) – 14 February 2012
On 17 September 2002 the defenders agreed to sell to the pursuer the Monaco, a former fishing vessel which had been converted for use as a cruise vessel by the provision of appropriate passenger accommodation. The price was £75,000. The..
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02 March 2012
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842 - 02 March 2012
Transpetrol Maritime Services Ltd v SJB (Marine Energy) BV (The “Rowan”) – Court of Appeal (Longmore and Davis LJJ and Sir David Keene) – 27 January 2012
On 6 June 2007 the claimant owners of the vessel Rowan concluded a voyage charterparty with the defendant charterers for the carriage of fuel and/or vacuum gas oil from the Black Sea to discharge and reload at Antwerp and thence to the US Gulf. At..
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19 March 2012
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843 - 19 March 2012
Imperial Marine Co v Deiulemar Compagnia Di Navigazione SpA (The “Pasquale Della Gatta” and The “Filippo Lembo”) – Supreme Court of South Africa (Navsa, Brand, Lewis, Leach and Wallis JJA) – 15 September 2011 – 2012 (1) SA 58
In this appeal one of the issues considered by the Supreme Court of South Africa was the evidence necessary to establish a prima facie case for a security arrest under section 5(3) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983.
Held,..
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19 March 2012
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843 - 19 March 2012
Progress Bulk Carriers Ltd v Tube City IMS LLC (The “Cenk Kaptanoglu”) – QBD (Com Ct)(Cooke J) – 17 February 2012
On 2 April 2009 Progress Bulk Carriers, as owners, concluded a charter of the vessel Cenk Kaptanoglu (“Cenk K”) to Tube City, as charterers, for carriage, on that named vessel, of a cargo of shredded scrap from the Mississippi River to..
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19 March 2012
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843 - 19 March 2012
Seearland Shipping Management BV v Standard Tankers Bahamas Ltd (The "Elisewin") - Before John F Ring Jr, Louis P Sheinbaum and Peter J Zambito, Chairman - 21 June 2011
On 10 January 2008 Seearland Shipping Management, as disponent owners of the vessel Elisewin, chartered her to Standard Tankers on the ExxonMobil Tanker Voyage Charterparty 2005 form for the carriage of 130,000 cubic metres of crude oil and/or..
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19 March 2012
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843 - 19 March 2012