A Win Win win

Ship interests succeed in constructive total loss claim, as Maria Moisidou, Alexander Freeman and Harris Kouppas, at Hill Dickinson, report

In Delos Shipholding SA and Others v Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty SE and Others (The Win Win) [2024] 1 Lloyd's Rep 489, a dispute arose out of a completely unintentional and unexpected traffic infringement by the master of the vessel Win Win, while anchored like hundreds of other ships outside the port of Singapore in February 2019. What transpired was almost 18 months' detention of the vessel and her crew by the Indonesian authorities and the master's prosecution and conviction - which was significantly more than a mere "slap on the wrist".