ONEGO SHIPPING & CHARTERING BV v JSC ARCADIA SHIPPING (THE "SOCOL 3")

[2010] Lloyd's Rep Plus 47

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Hamblen

Charterparty (Time) - Deck cargo lost overboard - Charterers sustaining loss and damage - Clause paramount - Whether Hague-Visby Rules applied - Whether "contract of carriage" was charterparty or bill of lading - Whether indemnity clause protected owners for loss damage or liability caused by negligence or breach of seaworthiness obligation - Hague-Visby Rules, article I(c) - NYPE 1993, clause 13(b).