Owners and/or Demise Charterers of the Ship or Vessel “MCC Jakarta” v Owners and/or Demise Charterers of the Ship or Vessel “Xin Nan Tai 77” [2017] HKCFI 981

Collision This case is about two almost simultaneous collisions near the termination of East Lamma Channel Traffic Separation Scheme (“TSS”). The first was between MCC Jakarta (“J”) and Xin Nan Tai 77 (“X”) (“the first collision”), followed by a second between J and TS Singapore (“S”) (“the second collision”). Immediately beforehand, manoeuvres were performed where J overtook S (“the overtaking situation”) and X attempted to cross behind J (“the crossing situation”).

Prior to the trial, S settled liability with each of J and X on terms that S was not liable for the first collision and S was 5 per cent to blame for the second collision while J and X were between them 95 per cent to blame for the second collision.