Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

A collision occurred in Swedish waters between Wellamo , the Finnish defendants’ vessel and the Belgian-owned Belgulf Mercury . The pilots were Finnish and Swedish respectively. The defendants instituted proceedings in the Maritime Court in..

The petitioner shipowner’s contention that each container (20 feet, and 40 feet in length) was the package for purpose of unit limitation was accepted in a limitation of liability proceedings. Here a barge containing 93 containers had been..

A creditor directed the marshal of the Eastern District of Lousiana to seize m/v Arcadian Valor in order to enforce a maritime lien resulting from an alleged failure to pay for services rendered. The seizure was authorised by rule C of..

A dispute arose as to liability for pilotage fees under a trip time-charter on a New York Produce Exchange Form, the material stipulation being that expressed by the usual printed cl.2. The vessel left Antwerp, under compulsory pilotage, until she..

A vessel was engaged to load bulk palm kernel pellets in two grades. The owners warranted that the vessel could uplift the cargo tonnages specified by the charterers, and a lumpsum freight was agreed. The charter-party provided inter alia: Owners..

A charter-party for 17,000 tons jet fuel as part cargo was arranged from Milford Haven to Philadelphia on a parcel tanker. Vessel’s previous cargoes were vegetable oils and grain. Crew cleaned the tanks while in drydock at previous port of..