Niobe Maritime Corporation v Tradax Ocean Transportation SA - Court of Appeal (Sir Thomas Bingham MR, Beldam and Saville LJJ) - 8 February 1994

Norwegian saleform - Requirement that sellers should notify Classification Society of relevant matters coming to their knowledge - Date from which period begins

The vessel Apache (since renamed Niobe ) was on the Norwegian Saleform (1983 Revision). A dispute arose as to the construction of clause 11 of the contract, which provided: