Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The vessel Benarty was under charter to the appellants. A cargo was loaded in London for carriage to Indonesia under the terms of a bill of lading issued by the charterers. The Hague-Visby Rules were not expressly incorporated in the bill of lading..

The plaintiff buyers agreed to buy a quantity of groundnut expellers C.I.F. Rotterdam. The cargo was to be shipped by end August 1973. The sellers arranged for the cargo to be shipped on board the vessel Sennar at Port Sudan. The vessel loaded the..

One of many subsidiary questions raised at the end of this case, which involved two defendants, 3rd, 4th and 5th parties, was - what was the current figure for nominal damages? Staughton J. gave judgment for the plaintiffs against the defendants..

The vessel Didymi was time-chartered to the plaintiffs by the defendant shipowners. The charterparty contained a London arbitration clause. Various disputes arose under the charterparty and the charterers commenced arbitration proceedings in..

Disputes arose in relation to alleged stevedore damage under a charterparty on the NYPE form. Clause 32 provided: Charterers are to pay for stevedore damage (ordinary wear and tear excepted). Charterers are not to be responsible for stevedore or..

The vessel was chartered on the Asbatankvoy form. By the time she arrived at the discharge port she was already on demurrage. A dispute arose as to the amount of demurrage payable at the discharge port. Discharging commenced at 21 00 on 27 July and..