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Mosvolds Rederi A/S v. The Food Corporation of India (The Damodar General T. J. Park) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Steyn J.) - 25 March 1986
The vessel Damodar General T.J. Park
was chartered for the carriage of grain from the United States to India. The charterparty contemplated that the vessel would have to discharge into lightening vessels, and provided that laytime at the..
Online Published Date:
10 April 1986
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168 - 10 April 1986
Mosvolds Rederi A/S v. The Food Corporation of India (The Damodar General T. J. Park) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Steyn J.) - 25 March 1986
The High Court was also asked to consider a second question of law arising out of the arbitrator’s award. Clause 43 of the charterparty provided that any demurrage was payable
at the rate of U.S. Dlrs 3,000 U.S. Currency per day . . ...
Online Published Date:
10 April 1986
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168 - 10 April 1986
NS Tractors & Equipment Ltd. v. The owners of the Tarros Gage) - Fed.Ct. (Trial Div.) (Teitelbaum J.) - 24 February 1986
The plaintiff cargo interests claimed damages for the loss of a Crawler Backhoe which was being shipped on the vessel Tarros Gage
. The Crawler Backhoe weighed 84,400 lbs and was valued at $162,916. The bill of lading incorporated the Hague Rules,..
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10 April 1986
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168 - 10 April 1986
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In 1983 the claimant sellers agreed to sell to the respondent buyers a quantity of about 500,000 barrels of Brent Crude oil FOB Sullum Voe. The contract provided that the sellers would advise the buyers of three day loading range at least 15 days..
Online Published Date:
10 April 1986
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168 - 10 April 1986
McDermid v. Nash Dredging & Reclamation Co. Ltd. - Court of Appeal (Fox, Parker & Neill L.JJ.) - 16 April 1986
The plaintiff had been injured when working as a deckhand on a tug in a Swedish fjord and claimed damages for personal injuries. The judge found that the accident was caused by the negligence of the master of the tug. However, the plaintiff was not..
Online Published Date:
24 April 1986
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169 - 24 April 1986
Hitachi Sales (U.K.) Ltd. v. Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. - Court of Appeal (O’Connor & Neill L.JJ.) - 14 April 1986
The plaintiff had obtained a court requiring the defendants to serve further and better particulars of the Points of Defence within 14 days or else the Points of Defence would be struck out. The actual wording of the order read:
unless the..
Online Published Date:
24 April 1986
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169 - 24 April 1986
Crown Zellerbach Corpn. v. Ingram Industries Inc. and London Steam-Ship Owners’ Mutual Insurance Association Ltd. - U.S. Ct. of Appeals (5th Circuit) (Clark C.J., Brown, Thornberry, Reavley, Politz, Randall, Tate, Johnson, Williams, Garwood, Jolly, Higginbotham, Davis, Hill and Jones C.JJ.) - 5 March 1986
The tug F.R. Bigelow
collided with a fixed structure in the Mississippi River. The owners of the structure sued the tug’s owner and tug’s prime and excess P & I underwriters.
At first instance, the District Council held that the tug..
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24 April 1986
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169 - 24 April 1986
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The vessel was voyage-chartered for the carriage of a cargo of bananas from Italy to Libya. The vessel was not a reefer vessel. The bananas were in good condition on shipment and the vessel’s ventilation system ran efficiently throughout the..
Online Published Date:
24 April 1986
Appeared in issue:
169 - 24 April 1986