Sino East Transportation Ltd v Grand Amazon Shipping Ltd [2025] EWHC 1990 (Comm) - King's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Henshaw) - 30 July 2025

Charterparty - Arbitration - Appeal on point of law - Owners found liable to cargo interests in China - Obedience to charterers' instructions to discharge cargo in China - Implied indemnity to owners from charterers - Arbitration Act 1996, section 69

Grand Changjiang Shipping Ltd (GCSL) was the registered owner of the vessel Grand Amanda. She was held under a bareboat charter by Grand Amazon Shipping (the owners) and was managed by Fuk Hing Steamship Co Ltd (FHS), a member of the same corporate group as the owners.