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Mira Oil Resources of Tortola v Bocimar NV (The ‘Obo Venture’) - QBD (Com Ct)(Colman J) - 12 February 1999
On 29 January 1997 the vessel Obo Venture
was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form for the carriage of clean petroleum products from ports in Algeria to a range of discharge ports in various countries including Brazil. The charterparty had previously..
Online Published Date:
01 April 1999
Appeared in issue:
506 - 01 April 1999
Manatee Towing Company and anr v Oceanbulk Maritime SA and anr (The ‘Bay Ridge’) - QBD (Com Ct)(Rix J) - 4 March 1999
The plaintiffs, joint owners of the oil tanker Bay Ridge
, entered into negotiations with the first defendant for the sale of that vessel to it or a company to be nominated by it. Those negotiations were conducted with the help of the..
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01 April 1999
Appeared in issue:
506 - 01 April 1999
The Nippon Fire & Marine Insurance Co v MV ‘Tourcoing’ and others - US Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)(Cabranes and Straub Ct JJ and McCurn DJ) - 2 February 1999
The plaintiff was the insurer of a printing press carried on board the vessel Tourcoing
. The printing press had been carried in 13 containers. Several parts of the printing press were damaged during the course of unloading. The plaintiff had paid..
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01 April 1999
Appeared in issue:
506 - 01 April 1999
Robb v F T Everard & Sons Ltd (The ‘Conformity’) - Court of Appeal (Evans, Thorpe and Potter LJJ) - 18 March 1999
The Chief Officer of the defendants’ vessel Conformity
was accidentally killed in the course of removing a Macgregor hatch cover with another crew member. The plaintiff was the widow of the deceased, and she claimed damages from the..
Online Published Date:
01 April 1999
Appeared in issue:
506 - 01 April 1999