Nautical Challenge Ltd v Evergreen Marine (UK) Ltd (The “Alexandra 1” and The “Ever Smart”) – QBD (Admlty Ct) (Teare J, sitting with Nautical Assessors) [2017] EWHC 453 (Admlty) – 13 March 2017

Collision action – Crossing rule – Whether applicable to vessel navigating towards narrow channel – Apportionment of liability

On 11 February 2015 a collision occurred between the claimant’s VLCC Alexandra 1 and the defendant’s 75,246 grt container vessel Ever Smart just outside the dredged channel by which vessels entered and exited the port of Jebel Ali in the UAE. Both vessels were laden.