Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Sale of ship – Buyers to take over and pay for bunkers and unused lubricating oils on delivery against commercial invoice provided by sellers – Disputes as to prices payable by buyers and as to whether buyers required to pay for hydraulic fluids

Admiralty – Personal injury action – Cruise passenger sustaining injury on tender boat while disembarking for shore excursion – Whether claimant contracted with cruise operator – Whether incident occurred in course of carriage – Whether incident caused by fault or neglect of cruise operator – Athens Convention 1974

Practice – Limitation of time – Athens Convention 1974 – Claimant passenger disembarking from boat after fishing trip – Claimant slipping on plywood board placed on shingle at foot of freestanding steps – Claimant bringing personal injury action against boat owner – Whether accident occurred while in course of disembarkation – Whether claim time-barred

Charterparty – Bunkers consumed – Additional insurance premium – Whether for owners’ or charterers’ account

Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Claimant owners bringing arbitration proceedings against party named as charterers in charterparty – Respondent obtaining order for security for costs – Claimant subsequently applying to discharge order for security on basis that arbitrators lacked substantive jurisdiction – Whether claimant precluded from challenging order for security – Identity of charterers

Demurrage – Time-bar – Charter providing that demurrage claims should be time-barred unless submitted with supporting documents within 90 days of discharge of cargo – Whether time bar applied to time lost waiting for orders

Charterparty – Owners refusing to load cargo of iron ore fines – Whether owners in breach of charter – Time of delivery under charter – Whether vessel off hire – Whether owners entitled to damages for wrongful redelivery