Yemgas FZCO and Others v Superior Pescadores SA (The “Superior Pescadores”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Males J) [2014] EWHC 971 (Comm) – 2 April 2014

Carriage of goods by sea – Package limitation – Hague-Visby Rules compulsorily applicable on basis that country of shipment was a Hague-Visby state – Clause paramount in bills of lading referring to “Hague Rules 1924 as enacted in the country of shipment” – Whether reference to Hague Rules or Hague-Visby Rules – Whether parties agreed on original Hague Rules limitation figure of £100 gold value

The claimant cargo interests made claims against the defendant shipowners in respect of damage to cargo while the vessel Superior Pescadores was crossing the Bay of Biscay. The cargo had been loaded at Antwerp, Belgium for carriage to Yemen.