Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The defendants were the hull and machinery insurers of a Venezuelan company (‘the shipowner’) in respect of a fleet of vessels. It was a term of the policy that the vessels should at all times be seaworthy, that there should be..

The claimant shippers sought to recover damages from the defendant shipowners and charterers for the loss of a portion of a cargo of lumber to be carried on the deck of the vessel Beltimber from British Columbia to Antwerp. The claimants alleged..

The claimant, Robalen, was in the business of purchasing and selling yarns, fibres and plastic resins. On 19 March 1996 Robalen’s customer, Resilux NV, located in Belgium, opened an irrevocable letter of credit with Generale as the issuing..

As a result of a general average incident, the vessel ABT Rasha diverted towards Port Elizabeth as a port of refuge. Inspection at Algoa Bay made it evident that the vessel needed to be dry-docked. The cargo was transhipped to another vessel. Prior..