Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The vessel Gemini was a 58 foot, 58 grt. steel fishing vessel intended for professional tuna and shark fishing in local waters. The plaintiffs purchased the vessel for $210,000 in 1981. Thereafter, she was a financial disaster for them until she..

A consignment of cartons of cutlery, posters and leaflets were shipped on board the vessel Esmeralda 1 from Rio Grande in Brazil to Sydney. The plaintiff cargo owner claimed damages from the carrier for lost goods due to pilferage. The carrier..

The plaintiff cargo owners claimed damages from the defendant shipowners for alleged damage to a cargo of 717 reels of newsprint loaded on board the vessel Maria Elena pursuant to bill of lading number 2 issued at Montreal on 12 December 1986 and..

Shipowners entered into an agreement with shiprepairers whereby the repairers were to carry out certain repairs to the vessel including inter alia the withdrawal of her tailshaft for survey. Before the tailshaft could be drawn out of the stern..