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Mediterranean Shipping Co (Pty) Ltd v Tebe Trading (Pty) Ltd (The “MSC Spain”) – Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa (Scott, Farlam, Cloete, Lewis and Cachalia JJA) – 20 March 2007
(2007) 732 LMLN 4
The respondent shippers (“Tebe”) carried on business at Durban as exporters of perishable fresh fruit to the Middle East. Tebe shipped two containers of litchis on board the vessel MSC Spain
at Durban for carriage to..
Online Published Date:
12 December 2007
Appeared in issue:
732 - 12 December 2007
Maritima De Ecologia SA de CV v The owners of the “Maersk Defender” – Federal Court of Appeal (Desjardins, Noel and Nadon JJA) – 18 May 2007
(2007) 732 LMLN 3
The plaintiffs provided “well-testing ships” to the Mexican offshore oil industry. In late 2005 the plaintiffs entered into discussions with Secunda Marine Services (“Secunda”) with a view to finding a..
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12 December 2007
Appeared in issue:
732 - 12 December 2007
Sanhe Hope Full Grain Oil Foods Production Co Ltd v Toepfer International Asia Pte Ltd – QBD (Com Ct) (David Steel J) –28 November 2007
(2007) 732 LMLN 2
By a sale agreement dated 4 December 2003 the claimant buyers agreed to buy a quantity of Brazilian Soyabeans from the defendant sellers. The contract set the price by reference to Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures for July..
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12 December 2007
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732 - 12 December 2007
Ocean Pride Maritime Ltd Partnership v Qingdao Ocean Shipping Co (The “Northgate”) – QBD (Com Ct) (Richard Siberry QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) – 27 November 2007
(2007) 732 LMLN 1
On 17 November 2005 the vessel Northgate
was fixed for the carriage of a cargo of iron ore from the Guaiba Island Terminal, Sepetiba, Brazil to China. No charterparty was ever signed by both parties. The fixture recap referred to..
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12 December 2007
Appeared in issue:
732 - 12 December 2007