Sang Stone Hamoon Jonoub Co Ltd v Baoyue Shipping Co Ltd (The "Bao Yue") - QBD (Comm Ct) (Males J) [2015] EWHC 2288 (Comm) - 31 July 2015

Tort - Conversion - Carrier discharging cargo into warehouse - Storage charges accruing due - Whether discharge into storage in circumstances giving rise to lien constituted tort of conversion - Whether statements alleged to have been made on behalf of carrier denying access to cargo amounted to conversion

The claimant, an Iranian company, was the bill of lading holder in respect of a cargo of iron ore carried from Bandar Abbas, Iran, to Tianjin, China on board the defendant’s vessel Bao Yue under a voyage charter. The charterer was a Chinese company in the Qisheng Group.