Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

On 2 October 1981 U. chartered the vessel Athenian from S. for the transport of a cargo of asphaltic fuel oil from La Plata, Argentina to New York. On arrival, 1,600 barrels of oil were missing and over 31,000 were contaminated. U. submitted a..

The vessel Al Bida was time-chartered for two consecutive periods of one year under two tanker charterparties in the STANDIME form. The charterparties, which were in all material respects identical, described the vessel as: capable of maintaining..

Fercometal chartered the vessel Simona from Mediterranean under a charterparty dated 11 June 1982 for a voyage from Durban to Bilbao and a part cargo of 6,000 metric tons of steel. The charterparty provided: - 10. Should the vessel not be ready to..

In the course of legal proceedings between cargo owners and shipowners, the cargo owners sought to inspect a report of a survey of the vessel carried out at Sibenik, Yugoslavia, in March 1981 in connection with a previous action brought by different..

The plaintiffs were buyers of a consignment of motor cycles from Triumph Motor Cycles (Meriden) Ltd., who acted as the plaintiffs’ agents to arrange transportation to Canada where the plaintiffs carried on business. Triumph contacted..

In July 1980 Sparti chartered the vessel Transworld Sailor to Naviera M for a time charter on the Baltime form. The vessel duly carried a cargo of coffee from Acujutla Tuca/La Union to New York in July and August 1980. After discharge, claims were..