Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The plaintiff had been injured when working as a deckhand on a tug in a Swedish fjord and claimed damages for personal injuries. The judge found that the accident was caused by the negligence of the master of the tug. However, the plaintiff was not..

The plaintiff had obtained a court requiring the defendants to serve further and better particulars of the Points of Defence within 14 days or else the Points of Defence would be struck out. The actual wording of the order read: unless the..

The tug F.R. Bigelow collided with a fixed structure in the Mississippi River. The owners of the structure sued the tug’s owner and tug’s prime and excess P & I underwriters. At first instance, the District Council held that the tug..

The vessel was voyage-chartered for the carriage of a cargo of bananas from Italy to Libya. The vessel was not a reefer vessel. The bananas were in good condition on shipment and the vessel’s ventilation system ran efficiently throughout the..