MITSUI & CO LTD AND OTHERS v BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT LPG TANKERFLOTTE MBH & CO KG AND ANOTHER (THE "LONGCHAMP")

[2014] Lloyd's Rep Plus 98

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Stephen Hofmeyr QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)

General average - Vessel seized by pirates in Gulf of Aden - Negotiations for payment of ransom - Whether expenses incurred by shipowner during period of negotiations allowable in general average - Whether cost of bunker consumption an "expense" - York-Antwerp Rules 1974, Rules A and F.