Trafigura Beheer BV v Navigazione Montanari SpA (The “Valle di Cordoba”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Andrew Smith J) [2014] EWHC 129 (Comm) – 30 January 2014

Charterparty – Vessel carrying cargo of premium motor spirit from Abidjan to Lagos – Vessel seized by pirates off Benin – Pirates transferring cargo from vessel – Whether transferred cargo constituted “in-transit loss” – Whether owners strictly liable for lost cargo

By a fixture recap dated 4 November 2010 the vessel Valle di Cordoba was chartered by the claimant charterers from the defendant owners on the BPVOY3 form for the carriage of a cargo of premium motor spirit.