Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Bouygues Offshore SA (“Bos”) were the owners of a derrick lay barge which stranded on the rocks off Capetown on 26 June 1994 and became a total loss. Bos had hired a tug to tow the barge from the Congo to Capetown. Ultisol Transport..

The charterers chartered the vessel Leresti from DMD Maritime Ltd (“DMD”) for a round voyage of 60/70 days’ duration within the area of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. The charterparty contained a London arbitration clause. Disputes..

The vessel was chartered on a North American Grain Charterparty 1973 for the carriage of a cargo of bulk soyabean meal pellets from one named safe port to one safe port in a stated range. The charterparty provided: “That the vessel ... shall..

The issue was whether the defendant shipowners were entitled to limit their liability to the plaintiff cargo owners under Article IV rule 5 of the Hague Rules. The shipowners asserted that although many of the bills of lading stated that a container..