Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter
Vinnlustodin HF and Another v Sea Tank Shipping AS (The "Aqasia") - Court of Appeal (Gloster, David Richards and Flaux LJJ) [2018] EWCA Civ 276 - 22 February 2018
Carriage of goods by sea - Package limitation - 1924 Hague Rules, article IV rule 5 - Whether package limitation capable of applying to bulk cargo - Meaning of "unit"
This
case concerned damage to a cargo of fish oil in bulk carried on board the
tanker
Aqasia pursuant to a
charterparty between the defendant as owner and the first claimant as charterer
contained in or evidenced by a fixing note dated 23 August 2013.