LYRIC SHIPPING INC. v. INTERMETALS LTD. AND ANOTHER (THE “AL TAHA”)

[1990] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 117

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Phillips

Charter-party (Time) - Deviation - Vessel time chartered for trip via United States ports to Turkey - Vessel loaded at Portsmouth - Vessel deviated to Boston to take on bunkers and refit cargo boom - Vessel grounded in course of leaving inner harbour at Boston - Whether deviation reasonable - Whether cargo-owners liable to contribute to general average - Hague Rules art. IV, r. 4.