Total Transport Corporation v Arcadia Petroleum Ltd (The “Eurus”) - Court of Appeal (Staughton and Auld LJJ and Sir John Balcombe) - 18 November 1997

Voyage charter providing that owners should be responsible for charterers’ losses caused by owners’ failure to comply with orders - Charterers sustaining unforeseeable loss - Whether charterers entitled to recover indemnity notwithstanding lack of foreseeability

The vessel Eurus was chartered on the Asbatankvoy for a voyage to carry a minimum cargo of 122,000 metric tons of Forcados crude oil from Nigeria to a range of possible discharging ports.