Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

In 1984 the plaintiff bank lent $25 million to Mr. John Burton Rogers for investment in real estate. A slump in the real estate market left Mr. Rogers in financial difficulties. In 1986 Mr. Rogers sought to restructure the loan. He repaid part of..

This appeal arose out of a mishap which occurred at the Port of Vancouver on 21 January 1983 when the boom of a crane mounted on the deck of a barge struck the Lions Gate Bridge while in the tow of the tug Westminster Tyee . The tug had been..

The Brazilian vessel Mercantil Parati was owned by the defendants Merchem Mercantil E. Navegacao S.A. The defendants Empresa de Navigacao and Tamar Shipping Ltd. issued bills of lading to the plaintiff cargo interests. The bills incorporated the..

At 6:10 a.m. on 10 May 1985 the vessels Tryend and Eastern Grace collided on the high seas. The Tryend , a fishing vessel, drifted without power, without a lookout, and without displaying a not-under-command signal in a commercial shipping lane...

The vessel was delayed by bad weather after arrival at the loading port. Clause 6 of the Tanker Motor Vessel Voyage form charter provided that the ship was to “load . . . at a place or at a dock or alongside lighters reachable on her arrival,..