Quadro Shipping N.V. v. Bizley & Co. Pty Ltd. and others (The Protea Trader) - N.S.W. Court of Appeal - 4 December 1992

Carriage of goods by sea - Time-charterers bill - Immunity from suit clause - Owners withdraw vessel from charter - Whether cargo owners entitled to sue owners

A bill of lading was issued by Transcontinental Services Limited, the time-charterers of the vessel Protea Trader , for the shipment of a consignment of refractory bricks from Antwerp to Sydney. The goods were carried, after transshipment, on the Protea Trader , which was the subject of a time charter on the N.Y.P.E. form between Quadro Shipping N.V. as owner and Transcontinental as charterer. The bill of lading was a charterer’s bill and freight had been prepaid.