LOSINJSKA PLOVIDBA v. TRANSCO OVERSEAS LTD. AND OTHERS (THE “ORJULA”)

[1995] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 395

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Mance

Carriage by sea - Negligence - Pure economic loss - Carriage of drums of hydrochloric acid and sodium hypochlorite in containers - Containers found to be leaking - Whether suppliers of the drums negligent in stowage of drums - Whether alleged contamination of vessel constituted damage - Whether plaintiff’s claim wholly or in part for economic loss - Whether claim should be struck out.