PERFECT MARINE LTD V SODRUGESTVO TURKEY TARIM TASIMACILIK ITHALAT IHRACAT TICARET AS AND OTHERS

[2025] EWHC 1940 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, Simon Rainey KC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court, 25 July 2025

Contracts (bills of lading) – Cargo of soy beans shipped in good order and condition – Port of discharge unavailable – Switch bills issued with statement as to good order and condition on original shipment date – Cargo deteriorating – Carrier's knowledge at the time of switch bills – Whether defendant's counterclaim time barred by Hague Rules – Summary judgment – Striking out

In March 2021, 51,587.190 MT of soybeans were shipped in good order and condition on board the claimant's vessel Papa John from Barcarena in Brazil to Pivdennyi in Ukraine under 17 bills of lading issued by the Master. The bills of lading were endorsed to the second defendant.