Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter
The "Samco Europe" v The "MSC Prestige" - QBD (Admlty Ct) (Teare J sitting with Nautical Assessors) - 23 June 2011
(2011) 826 LMLN 1
Collision action - Vessels colliding at night in Gulf
of Aden - Apportionment of liability
On 8 December 2007 at 0247 a collision occurred in the Gulf of Aden in good visibility between the VLCC SAMCO Europe, heading
for Rotterdam, and the containership MSC Prestige, heading for Mauritius. Each vessel claimed that the other was primarily
to blame for the collision.