MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING CO SA V STOLT TANK CONTAINERS BV AND OTHERS (THE "MSC FLAMINIA") (NO 2)

[2023] EWCA Civ 1007, Court of Appeal, Lord Justice Males, Lady Justice Falk and Sir Launcelot Henderson, 1 September 2023

Admiralty – Limitation of liability – Tonnage limitation – Shipowner – Charterer – Shipowner claiming against charterer in respect of losses suffered by shipowner – Limitation fund – Consequential losses – Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, article 2

As a result of an explosion on the vessel MSC Flaminia on 14 July 2012, hundreds of containers were destroyed or damaged and the vessel itself suffered serious damage.