Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter
Baltic Shipping Co. v. Kruger Inc. and another (The Mekhanik Tarasov) - Federal Court of Appeal (Iacobucci C.J., Urie and MacGuigan JJ.A.) - 31 March 1989
Whether loss of vessel in Force 12 storm caused by perils of the sea
One of the issues in this case was whether shipowners could rely on the defence “perils of the sea” in Artivle IV, rule 2(c)
of the Hague Rules.