AGROSIN PTE. LTD. v. HIGHWAY SHIPPING CO. LTD. (THE “MATA K”)

[1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 614

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Clarke

Bills of lading - Shortage - “Weight. . .unknown” - Construction - Cargo of potash shipped under bill of lading - Bill showed 11,000 tonnes as gross weight - Bill also included words “weight. . .unknown” - Plaintiffs alleged shortage on delivery - Whether bill represented the 11,000 tonnes shipped - Whether “weight. . .unknown” to be disregarded or treated as null and void - Whether defendants could rely on conclusive evidence clause in charter-party - Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1992, s. 4.