Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
MARINE COLLISION CLAIMS: JURISDICTION AGREEMENTS AND SECURITY
Andrew Tettenborn*
The Panamax Alexander
On one level, the Court of Appeal’s decision in the collision case of M/V Pacific Pearl Co Ltd v Osios David Shipping Inc
(The Panamax Alexander)
1 is no big deal. It merely confirms to Admiralty lawyers that the familiar standard Admiralty jurisdiction agreement appearing in the ASG2 form means what they always thought it did, and therefore does not need rewriting. But, as is often the case, there is a bit more to it than that.
In August 2018, three vessels collided in the Suez Canal. A week or so later, the owners of two of them, Panamax Alexander and Osios David, agreed through their P&I Clubs to litigate in London and duly signed the ASG2 form, providing in summary that their claims would be determined exclusively by the English court in accordance with English law
* Professor of Commercial Law, Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University.
1. [2022] EWCA Civ 798; [2022] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 448.
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