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London Arbitration 15/04
The vessel, a bulk carrier, was chartered on the NYPE form for a trip which was described as "via intended Suez Canal". Although she was a bulk carrier, her classification society, because of their rules on midship sections, treated her and..
Online Published Date:
01 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
647 - 01 September 2004
London Arbitration 16/04
The vessel was chartered on an amended Sugar Charterparty 1969 form for a voyage from Santos or Paranagua to Banjul and Nigeria with a cargo of bagged sugar. There were three principal issues.
Banjul
The first issue related to the time at which the..
Online Published Date:
01 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
647 - 01 September 2004
London Arbitration 17/04
The charterparty anticipated the discharging of the cargo of ore at Qingdao, in port; but during the laden voyage from Brazil the parties agreed an addendum giving the charterers the option to discharge at a floating terminal at a safe anchorage, in..
Online Published Date:
01 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
647 - 01 September 2004
London Arbitration 18/04
The vessel was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form. There were two issues before the tribunal, namely (1) whether a leak in a cargo loading arm and the resulting stoppage in loading whilst the cause of the leak was investigated amounted to a..
Online Published Date:
01 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
647 - 01 September 2004
The "Selby Paradigm" - QBD (Admlty Ct)(David Steel J) - 23 July 2004
During the early hours of 3 August 2001 the barge Selby Paradigm sank alongside her berth in Hull in 35 feet of water. She was unattended at the time and had been intending to discharge a cargo of maize oil the next day. The cause of the casualty..
Online Published Date:
15 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
648 - 15 September 2004
London arbitration 19/04
The vessel was chartered on a tanker voyage charter pursuant to which she carried two grades of crude oil (Khafji crude and Kuwaiti crude) from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to Sikka. There were two main issues. The first was whether a valid notice of..
Online Published Date:
15 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
648 - 15 September 2004
London Arbitration 20/04
The vessel was chartered on the World Food 99 form to carry a part cargo of 11,000 mt bulk wheat plus empty bags from Dunkirk to Djibouti or Sarbera. After the charter was concluded the parties agreed that the owners might load another smaller..
Online Published Date:
15 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
648 - 15 September 2004
London arbitration 21/04
The vessel was chartered on an NYPE form as amended. Clause 61(a) of the charterparty provided:
"... The vessel shall be capable at all times during the currency of the charterparty of steaming at about 13 knots in ballast/laden. For the purpose of..
Online Published Date:
15 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
648 - 15 September 2004
London arbitration 22/04
The vessel was chartered on an NYPE form as amended. A dispute arose as to whether owners or charterers were liable to pay tug expenses and line handling expenses incurred in the Mississippi River. The owners said that the master had judged tugs and..
Online Published Date:
15 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
648 - 15 September 2004
IF P&C Insurance Ltd v Silversea Cruises Ltd and Ors (The "Silver Cloud") - Court of Appeal (Ward, Mummery and Rix LJJ) - 2 July 2004
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..
Online Published Date:
29 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
649 - 29 September 2004
Log-O-Mar AG v Craft Enterprises International Ltd and Anr (The "Tiger V") - QBD (Com Ct)(Toulson J) - 27 July 2004
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..
Online Published Date:
29 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
649 - 29 September 2004
El Greco (Australia) Pty Ltd and Anr v Mediterranean Shipping Co SA (Federal Ct of Australia (Black CJ, Beaumont and Allsop JJ) - 10 August 2004)
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..
Online Published Date:
29 September 2004
Appeared in issue:
649 - 29 September 2004