Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Service of foreign process (which includes process originating in the Republic of South Africa) must take place in accordance with reg.24(2) of the regulations under Proc 76 of 1977 (RSA) read with Rule of Court 4(10). Execution of foreign judgments..

A dispute arose as to the calculation of laytime at the loading port. The owners’ time sheet showed the vessel on demurrage for almost two days while the charterers’ showed only slightly over two hours. The difference arose mainly..

The question for the sole arbitrator to determine was whether under the terms of head charter-party, owner was entitled to order vessel not to load a cargo in U.S.A. for Antwerp-Hamburg range on grounds that the ship, being described as non ITF..

A vessel had been chartered on a time charter for one time charter trip. The vessel loaded coal at Baltimore for carriage to Japan. She was refused entry to the Panama Canal because she was drawing too much water for a passage through a freshwater..

Under the terms of a contract of affreightment ships were to be provided by the shipowners which were to be either their own ships or chartered in. The contract of affreightment contained a bunker escalation clause which provided: Charterers shall..

By an arbitration award dated Mar. 12, 1979 charterers (under a time charter on the New York Produce Exchange Form) recovered damages amounting to $11,500 from owners on the grounds that the owners had given negligent advice to the charterers..