BOLUDA TOWAGE ROTTERDAM BV AND OTHERS V ELISE TANKSCHIFFAHRT KG AND ANOTHER (THE "VB REBEL")

[2024] EWHC 1329 (Admlty), King's Bench Division, Admiralty Court, Mr Justice Andrew Baker, 21 March 2024

Admiralty – Jurisdiction – Vessel briefly grounding – Tug assisting with refloating – Masters of vessels signing Certificate of Safe Delivery containing London jurisdiction clause – Claim for salvage – Proceedings commenced in the Netherlands – Application for anti-suit injunction – Applications for setting aside and stay

The small inland tanker Stela had on 14 November 2023 grounded in the port of Scheurhaven and the tug VB Rebel had quickly come to her assistance and refloated her, having picked up a warning to Stela on radio traffic.