Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Contracts (carriage of goods by sea) – Applicable limitation regime – Formation – Fixture recap emails – Booking note – Sea waybill subsequently issued – Whether contract in emails or booking note – Whether sea waybill superseding prior concluded contract – Hague Rules – Australian Hague Rules – Hague-Visby Rules – Himalaya Clause

Charterparty – Deductions from hire – Speed and consumption – Meaning of “good weather and smooth sea” – Methodology – Evidence of weather – Effect of favourable currents – Whether weather routing company’s report final