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The owners of the ship John M v. The owners of the ship Maloja II - Court of Appeal (Russell, Staughton and Steyn L.JJ.) - 1 December 1993
On the night of 4 March 1988 there was a collision in the North Atlantic, 47 Degrees 3 minutes North, 57 degrees 57 minutes West, between two vessels, the John M
and the Maloja II
. The Maloja II
, registered at Limassol, was carrying 5,442 tons of..
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11 December 1993
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368 - 11 December 1993
Famosa Shipping Company Limited v. Armada Bulk Carriers Limited (The Fanis) - (Q.B.D.) (Com.Ct.) (Mance J.) - 24 November 1993
The plaintiffs were the owners of the vessel Fanis
, which they time-chartered to the defendants by fixture dated 4 January 1991 for two laden legs “within IWL - via USWC and Brazil (int 1st leg bulk soda ask and then on speculation fm..
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11 December 1993
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368 - 11 December 1993
Abdullah Ali Almunajem Sons Co. v. Recourse Shipping Co. Ltd. (The Reefer Creole) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Saville J.) - 17 November 1993
The plaintiff cargo interests issued a writ against the defendant shipowners claiming damages for alleged breach of contract or duty in connection with the carriage of cargo on the defendants’ vessel Reefer Creole
in February and March 1992...
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11 December 1993
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368 - 11 December 1993
Cheshire Place Associates and others v. West of England Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association (Luxembourg) and another - (U.S. District Ct.) (E.D. New York) (Nickerson J.) - 5 March 1993
The plaintiffs, who were vessel and marine equipment owners and related corporations, brought proceedings against the defendants, who were a protection and indemnity mutual insurance association and its management company, alleging breach of..
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11 December 1993
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368 - 11 December 1993
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The vessel was chartered on the N.Y.P.E. form. Clause 34 of the charterparty provided:
On delivery vessel’s holds and other cargo compartments are to be thoroughly cleaned, dried, free from rust, scale, free from insects and odourless. . ...
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11 December 1993
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368 - 11 December 1993
Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Co. Ltd. v. L’Office Cherifien des Phosphates and Unitramp S.A. (The Boucraa) - House of Lords (Lord Templeman, Lord Goff, Lord Jauncey, Lord Browne-Wilkinson and Lord Mustill) - 16 December 1993
Prior to 1 January 1992 arbitrators had no power to dismiss a claim for want of prosecution on the ground of inordinate and inexcusable delay (see Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau
v. South India Shipping Corporation Ltd.
[1981] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 253)...
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25 December 1993
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369 - 25 December 1993
Continental Bank N.A. v. Aeakos Compania Naviera S.A. and others - Court of Appeal (Sir Stephen Brown P., Steyn and Kennedy L.JJ.) - 10 November 1993
The first to 15th defendants were one-ship companies registered in Panama and Liberia. The 16th to 18th defendants were three members of the Papalios family and were guarantors. The plaintiff bank had granted a loan facility of U.S. $56 million to..
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25 December 1993
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369 - 25 December 1993
Banco Do Brasil S.A. v. The owners and all others interested in the ship Alexandros G. Tsavliris - Federal Court (Trial Div.) (Gibson J.) - 20 October 1993
The defendant vessel was arrested pursuant to a warrant of arrest issued on 2 June 1987. At the time of the arrest the vessel was berthed at the wharves of Fraser Surrey Docks Ltd. (“Fraser Surrey”), the sole remaining claimant, other..
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25 December 1993
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369 - 25 December 1993
Siu Yin Kwan and another v. Eastern Insurance Co. Ltd. (The Barquentine Osprey) - Privy Council (Lord Templeman, Lord Mustill, Lord Woolf, Lord Lloyd and Sir Thomas Eichelbaum) - 9 December 1993
The plaintiffs were the personal representatives of two members of the crew of the vessel Barquentine Osprey
which was hit by the typhoon “Ellen” and capsized in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, on 8 September 1983. The plaintiffs were awarded..
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25 December 1993
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369 - 25 December 1993