MITSUI & CO. LTD. v. NOVOROSSIYSK SHIPPING CO. (THE “GUDERMES”)

[1991] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 456

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Hirst

Carriage by sea - Implied contract - Cargo of oil on board vessel with no operative heating coils - Plaintiffs purchased cargo from shippers -Whether plaintiffs aware that vessel had no heating system - Whether contract to be implied between plaintiffs and defendants - Whether Hague-Visby Rules incorporated - Whether vessel unseaworthy - Whether defendants owed plaintiffs duty of care in tort or bailment - Quantum.