MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING CO SA v COTTONEX ANSTALT

[2015] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 359

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Leggatt

Carriage of goods by sea – Container demurrage – Consignee not collecting containerised goods from discharge port – Containers remaining at discharge port more than three years after discharge – Carrier claiming container demurrage from shipper – Whether carrier required to nominate place for redelivery – Whether carrier under duty to mitigate – Whether carrier had legitimate interest in keeping contracts of carriage in force after unaccepted repudiatory breach by shipper.