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Sotrade Denizcilik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS v Amadou Lo and Ors (The “Duden”) – QBD (Com Ct) (Jonathan Hirst QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) – 19 November 2008
(2008) 758 LMLN 3
Although this case concerned a different vessel and different shipowners and cargo owners, the cargo insurers were Axa Senegal and the facts substantially mirrored those in The Kallang (No 2) (see above). However, the vessel had..
Online Published Date:
05 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
758 - 10 December 2008
Kallang Shipping SA v Axa Assurances Senegal and Anr (The “Kallang”) (No 2) – QBD (Com Ct) (Jonathan Hirst QC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) – 19 November 2008
(2008) 758 LMLN 2
On 1 February 2005 the vessel Kallang was chartered by the claimant owners to Brobulk Ltd on the NYPE form for a trip from Montevideo to Dakar. The charterparty contained a London arbitration clause. On the same date, 1February..
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05 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
758 - 10 December 2008
Pratt v Aigaion Insurance Company SA (The “Resolute”) – Court of Appeal (Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Maurice Kay and Stanley Burnton LJJ) – 27 November 2008
(2008) 758 LMLN 1
The claimant owner of the fishing trawler Resolute took out a policy of marine insurance with the defendant insurers. The living accommodation on the vessel comprised a crew cabin 6 foot by 9 foot and a galley 6 foot by 6..
Online Published Date:
05 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
758 - 10 December 2008
Stolt-Nielsen SA and Ors v AnimalFeeds International Corp – US Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) (Kearse, Sack and Livingston Ct JJ) – 4 November 2008
(2008) 758 LMLN 3(2)
AnimalFeeds International Corp (“AnimalFeeds”) alleged that Stolt-Nielsen SA and other companies (collectively “Stolt-Nielsen”) were engaged in a “global conspiracy to restrain competition in the..
Online Published Date:
05 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
758 - 10 December 2008
A Turtle Offshore SA Assuranceforeningen Gardgjensidig v Superior Trading Inc (The “A Turtle”) – QBD (Admlty Ct) (Teare J) – 11 December 2008
(2008) 759 LMLN 1
On 27 February 2006 the claimant owners of the drilling rig A Turtle (“the rig”) concluded a contract with the defendant owners of the tug Mighty Deliverer (“the tug”) for the towage of the rig from Macae,..
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23 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
759 - 24 December 2008
Barclay v British Airways plc – Court of Appeal (Laws, Thomas and Wilson LJJ) – 18 December 2008
(2008) 760 LMLN 1
On 17 October 2004 the claimant boarded a British Airways Boeing 747 as a passenger to take a scheduled flight from Phoenix, Arizona to London Heathrow airport. She suffered an injury to her right knee when she slipped on a..
Online Published Date:
23 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
760 - 06 January 2009
ASM Shipping Ltd v TTMI Ltd (The “Amer Energy”) – QBD (Com Ct) (Flaux J) – 2 December 2008
(2008) 759 LMLN 4
The underlying disputes in this case concerned the performance of a voyage charterparty dated 11 December 2000 whereby the charterers chartered the owners’ vessel Amer Energy for a voyage from 1/2 safe ports Red Sea or..
Online Published Date:
23 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
759 - 24 December 2008
CMA CGM SA v Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co Ltd – QBD (Com Ct) (Burton J) – 14 November 2008
(2008) 759 LMLN 3
The defendant (“HMD”) entered into four separate shipbuilding contracts with subsidiaries of ER Schiffahrt GmbH (“ERS”) for the building and sale of four container vessels to be built by HMD. Each..
Online Published Date:
23 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
759 - 24 December 2008
Metvale Ltd and Anr v Monsanto International SARL and Ors (The “MSC Napoli”) – QBD (Admlty Ct) (Teare J) – 9 December 2008
(2008) 759 LMLN 2
In January 2007 the MSC Napoli, a large container vessel, suffered damage in heavy weather and was beached on the south coast of England. On 27 February 2007 the owner of the vessel (“the claimant”) constituted a..
Online Published Date:
23 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
759 - 24 December 2008
Consub Delaware LLC v Schahin Engenharia Limitada – US Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) (Cardamone, Miner and Pooler Ct JJ) – 23 September 2008
(2008) 760 LMLN 3(2)
Disputes arose between Consub and Schahin under an agreement whereby Consub agreed to perform for Schahin certain maritime obligations with respect to submarine fibre-optics. The agreement contained an exclusive English..
Online Published Date:
23 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
760 - 06 January 2009
Asiatic Shipping Services Inc v Elgina Marine Co Ltd (The “Orient Stride”) – Supreme Court of Appeal (Scott, Streicher, Heher, Combrinck JJA and Leach AJA) – 23 September 2008
(2008) 760 LMLN 3
On 24 March 2006 the respondent (“Elgina”) obtained ex parte an order in terms of section 5(3) of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983 (“the Act”) for the arrest of the bunkers on board the..
Online Published Date:
23 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
760 - 06 January 2009
The “Aristidis” – High Court (Durban and Coast Local Div) (Koen J) – 23 September 2008
(2008) 760 LMLN 1(2)
The applicant purchased the vessel Dragon from Active Tankers Ship Management SA (“Active”) under a memorandum of agreement (“MOA”) containing a London arbitration clause. Clause 5 of the MOA provided..
Online Published Date:
23 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
760 - 06 January 2009
ST Shipping and Transport Inc v Golden Fleece Maritime Inc (The “Elli”) – US District Court (SDNY) (Shira A Scheindlin DJ) – 9 September 2008
(2008) 760 LMLN 4
On 30 May 2003 ST Shipping and Transport Inc (“ST Shipping”) time-chartered the oil tanker Elli from Golden Fleece. Disputes arose under the time charter and on 11 May 2007 ST Shipping applied to Judge Cote of the SDNY..
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23 December 2008
Appeared in issue:
760 - 06 January 2009