MERCURIA ENERGY TRADING PTE V RAPHAEL COTONER INVESTMENTS LTD (THE "AFRA OAK")

[2023] EWHC 2978 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, Sir Nigel Teare sitting as a High Court Judge, 23 November 2023

Charterparty – Charterer's orders – Navigation – Employment orders – Nautical fault – Act, neglect or default of master – US Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1936, section 4(2)(a) – Hague Rules – United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982

RCI's vessel Afra Oak was detained by the Indonesian Navy on 12 February 2019 while in Indonesian territorial waters near Singapore.