Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Disputes arose under a voyage charterparty dated 20 October 1973. The claimants appointed their arbitrator in December 1974. The respondents appointed their arbitrator in January 1975. In March 1975 the respondents sent a laytime statement showing..

The plaintiffs operated a smelting works at Avonmouth. The works were insured by the defendants against: - Destruction or damage (by fire or otherwise) of or to the property insured directly caused by: 1. Explosion, but..

The decision of the High Court of Bangladesh (Admiralty Jurisdiction) in “The Cherry Orient” summarised in LMLN 156 24 October 1985 to the effect that there was no jurisdiction to arrest a “sister ship” in Bangladesh has..

The point in issue in this arbitration was whether, under the Asbatankvoy form of charter, time spent shifting from a customary place of anchorage to a discharging berth counted if the ship was already on demurrage at the time the shifting operation..

Oil sale contracts, whether f.o.b. or c.i.f., can often give rise to problems of construction, particularly with regard to demurrage provisions. The present arbitration arose out of disputes under a contract concluded by telex exchange. The sellers..

The arbitration summarized above was also concerned with a dispute as to the period of demurrage. The relevant contractual terms (viz the oil producer’s general terms and conditions) provided that total laytime allowed for loading should be..