Med Marine v Castillo Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co KG MS and Another (The “Conti Cartagena”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Stephen Hofmeyr QC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) [2014] EWHC 1064 (Comm) – 28 March 2014

Practice – Claim form – Service out of the jurisdiction – Turkish company providing tug and pilotage assistance to vessel in Turkey – Contract incorporating UK Standard Conditions for Towage and Other Services – Whether contract contained exclusive English jurisdiction clause – Whether service of claim form should be set aside

The claimant was a Turkish company that provided tugboat, pilotage and mooring boat services. The first defendant was the registered owner and the second defendant the demise charterer of the vessel Conti Cartagena .