Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Carriage of goods - Failure by master to obey orders - Vessel arrested - Exclusion of liability by owner for negligent navigation - US Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1936 - Hague Rules, article IV, rule 2(a)

Time charterparty - Times of delivery and redelivery - Whether logbook entries reliable - Bunkers on redelivery - In-port consumption - Performance claim - Whether weather routing company's report final or binding - Whether claim time-barred - Apportionment of costs - Interest

International sale of goods - Wrong loading port - Express breach of contractIndemnity bond - Place of origin of goods - Breach of indemnity bond - Right to terminate sales contract - Refund all payment receivedService of notice of arbitration - Contractual requirements of service - Service by electronic mail - Respondent being copied into electronic mail is good service - Respondent aware of arbitrationUK Limitation Act 1980 - Acknowledgment of debt gives rise to new cause of action