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The Marion - Court of Appeal (Sir John Donaldson M.R., Dunn & Purchas L.JJ.) - 20 May 1983
In allowing this appeal against the owners of the vessel Marion
, the Court of Appeal has clarified the responsibilities of shipowners in relation to the supervision of Masters and in particular, in connection with the responsibility for the..
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09 June 1983
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94 - 09 June 1983
Telfair Shipping Corpn. v. Inersea Carriers S.A. (The Caroline P.) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Lloyd J.) - 11 March 1983
In 1975 the vessel Caroline P.
discharged a cargo of rice in bags at Basrah in Iraq. Some of the bags were found to be torn and the cargo damaged, and the receivers brought a claim in the Iraqi courts against the plaintiff shipowners. The..
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09 June 1983
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Cargill Incorporated v. Marpro Ltd. (The Aegis Progress) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Hobhouse J.) - 9 May 1983
Cargill had sold a quantity of sugar to Marpro FOB stowed 1 or 2 ports at sellers’ option Dunkirk/Hamburg range, declarable by seller on nomination of vessel. The loading clause in the sale contract provided:
LOADING: 150 metric tons per..
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09 June 1983
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The Abidin Daver - Court of Appeal (Sir John Donaldson M.R., Dunn & Purchas L.JJ.) - 17 May 1983
A collision had occurred between the Cuban vessel Las Mercedes
and the Turkish vessel Abidin Daver
in the Bosporus. The Cuban vessel was arrested in Turkish waters at the suit of the owners of the Turkish vessel with a view to beginning an action..
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09 June 1983
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5/83
Award published March 1983
The vessel was chartered on the Gencon form and the dispute concerned the effect of the strike clause in the context of a strike at the loading port.
The first two parts of the strike clause provide as..
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09 June 1983
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94 - 09 June 1983
Arab African Energy Corpn. Ltd. v. Olieprodukten Nederland B.V. - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Leggatt J.) - 12 May 1983
The relevant contractual term provided as follows:
Incoterms 1980 English law - arbitration, if any, London according ICC Rules.
- A dispute arose and was referred to arbitration. The arbitrator held that the claim failed and the counterclaim..
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23 June 1983
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95 - 23 June 1983
6/83
The vessel had discharged a cargo of phosphate rock at a Mexican port. As she was manoeuvering inside the port she encountered an underwater obstacle which slowed her approach to the berth, and the evidence was that the ship was aground forward...
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23 June 1983
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95 - 23 June 1983
The Antonis P. Lemos - Q.B.D. (Adm.Ct.) (Sheen J.) - 7 June 1983
The plaintiffs were sub-charterers of the vessel Antonis P. Lemos. In October 1981 the vessel loaded a quantity of corn at Houston, Texas, for carriage to Alexandria. On arrival at Alexandria in November 1981 the vessel was unable to berth until she..
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23 June 1983
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95 - 23 June 1983
Williams & Glyn’s Bank Ltd. v. Astro Dinamico Compania Naviera S.A. & anr. - Court of Appeal (Stephenson & Robert Goff L.JJ.) - 18 May 1983
The plaintiff bank wished to enforce certain guarantees purportedly given on behalf of the defendants who were Greek owned Panamanian companies. The defendants alleged that the guarantees (which contained a provision whereby the defendants submitted..
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23 June 1983
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95 - 23 June 1983
Elder Dempster Lines Ltd. v. Zaki Ishag (The Lycaon) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Lloyd J.) -
25 April 1983
In January 1980, Elder Dempster’s agents, Karl Geuther (KG), issued a document that looked like a bill of lading, consisting of three originals all of which were signed and relating to certain goods (the January bill of lading)...
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23 June 1983
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95 - 23 June 1983