CHS Inc Iberica SL and Another v Far East Marine SA (“The Devon”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Cooke J) [2012] EWHC 3747 (Comm) – 21 December 2012

Carriage of goods by sea – Cargo damage – Deterioration in cargo following delay caused by engine breakdown – Whether vessel unseaworthy at commencement of voyage – Whether shipowners failed to exercise due diligence – Whether breach of obligation to proceed with all convenient speed – Quantum of damages

The claimant cargo interests were the owners of a consignment of corn carried by the defendant shipowners on the vessel Devon from Varna, Bulgaria to Tarragona, Spain. The contract of carriage incorporated the Hague Rules.