Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

In 1976 a cargo of ceramic tiles being carried from Torre Annunziata to Jeddah in the ship Al Dhahran suffered damage before it was delivered. At that time, the Al Dhahran was owned by a Mr. Orri, an Arabian businessman who traded in Jeddah under..

The vessel Cruzeiro do Sul was time-chartered to take a cargo of pipes from Hamburg to Mexico. In the Bay of Biscay a number of pipes which had been loaded on deck were lost and the rest became loose. The vessel put into Bilbao where the cargo was..

The respondent sellers agreed to sell their vessel Messianiaki Tolmi to S Ltd. for scrap. The purchase price was to be paid by irrevocable letter of credit confirmed by the appellant bank (Chase). Payment was to be conditional on the lodging of..

The plaintiff fruit and vegetable dealers agreed to buy from S Co. a quantity of frozen cherries in poly lined cartons. The goods were shipped at Kenosha in cartons each containing 30 lbs of cherries on board the reefer vessel Ocean Dynamic . The..

One of the issues before the judge was the construction of clause 8 of the Exxonvoy form, which read: If, however, demurrage shall be incurred at ports of loading and/or discharge by reason of fire, explosion, storm or by a strike, lockout, stoppage..

The charterparty was on the NYPE form and was subject to the U.S.A. Clause Paramount. By the standard clause 8, the master was to be under the orders and directions of the charterers, and the charterers were to load, stow, trim and discharge the..