National Ability SA v Tinna Oils & Chemicals Ltd (The “Amazon Reefer”) – CA (Thomas and Hallett LJJ and Coleridge J) – 11 December 2009

Arbitration – Award – Enforcement – Claimant applying to enforce awards as judgments – Whether application subject to six-year limitation period

On 29 April 1995 the vessel Amazon Reefer was chartered on an amended Gencon form for a voyage from Kandla to Novorossiysk. The charterparty contained a London arbitration clause. Disputes arose under the charter and, by awards dated 19 November 1998 and 12 October 1999, the arbitrators awarded the owners some US$820,000 plus interest and costs.