Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The appellants, an English bank, were the registered mortgagees of a British vessel, the Halcyon Isle . The mortgage was registered on May 8, 1974. In March, 1974, the respondent ship repairers, Todd, carrying on business in New York State, carried..

An asphalt road finisher was shipped on a Dutch vessel from Leith in the United Kingdom. In the Netherlands it was transhipped on to a Norwegian vessel for on carriage to Bonaire. During discharge in Bonaire the finisher suffered severe damage..

A dispute as to liability for demurrage arose out of a charter-party for six consecutive voyages. Clause 8, a printed clause, provided: Owners shall have a lien on the cargo for freight, dead freight, demurrage and damages for detention. Charterers..

The Court of Appeal (Lord Denning, M.R., Waller and Dunn, L.JJ.) on June 20, 1980, unanimously approved the decisions of Mr. Justice Lloyd in The Sanko Steamship Co. Ltd. v . The Shipping Corporation of India (See Issue No. 17 LMLN). The Court held..

The question at issue was whether or not the time waiting in the roads at Brest should count as laytime. The vessel arrived off Brest and anchored in the roads at 08 00 on Feb. 5; the roads were in the legal limits of the port; because of neap tides..

The owners, agents and master of the Wuzhou brought a limitation action to limit their liability for damage caused by the vessel to port installations in South Australia. The action was brought under ss.503 and 504 of the Merchant Shipping Act..