TRANSOCEAN LINERS REEDEREI G.m.b.H. v. EUXINE SHIPPING CO. LTD. (THE “IMVROS”)

[1999] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 848

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Langley

Charter-party (Time) - Unseaworthiness - Safe loading - Responsibility - Loading and stowage of timber above and below deck under directions of charterers’ super cargo - Lashing of cargo performed by crew - Vessel encountered heavy weather - Part deck cargo lost and vessel damaged - Whether responsibility for proper loading and lashing lay with charterers - Whether vessel seaworthy - Whether owners entitled to indemnity for cargo claims.