MACIEO SHIPPING LTD. v. CLIPPER SHIPPING LINES LTD. (THE “CLIPPER SAO LUIS”)

[2000] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 645

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice David Steel

Charter-party (Time) - Fire - Damage to cargo - Carriage of cargo of cotton and ferro-silicon - Fire caused by stevedores dropping lit cigarettes and/or matches - Liability for stowage - Whether terms that stevedores would not be careless and that charterers would employ competent stevedores should be implied - Whether stevedores competent - Whether vessel off hire - Whether vessel delayed by loading dangerous cargo in the form of ferro-silicon.