Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The defendants ("Silversea") owned and operated four cruise ships in the ultra luxury sector of the market. The vessels were insured by the claimant underwriters under a policy described as relating to "Loss of Income and Extraordinary Costs", which..

Between April 2001 and July 2001 the claimant carriers agreed to charter five vessels to the defendants for voyages carrying steel d-bars from Black Sea ports to Umm Qasr. D-bars were steel bars used for reinforcement of concrete and needed a high..

The plaintiffs were the buyer and seller of a shipment of posters and prints stowed in a container and carried from Sydney to Piraeus under a bill of lading issued by the defendant. On arrival in Piraeus, the posters and prints were found to be..