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

[2010] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 221

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).