Golden Endurance Shipping SA v RMA Watanya SA and Others (The “Golden Endurance”) – QBD (Comm Ct) (Burton J) [2014] EWHC 3917 (Comm) – 25 November 2014

Practice – Service out of jurisdiction – Cargo interests bringing cargo claims in Morocco – Shipowner bringing London arbitration and court proceedings in England – Whether bill of lading incorporated charterparty arbitration clause – Whether bills of lading governed by English law – Whether service should be set aside – Whether claimant entitled to anti-suit injunction in favour of London arbitration – Whether claimant entitled to anti-suit injunction in favour of English court proceedings

A cargo of 6,489.95 mt of wheat bran pellets was shipped on the vessel Golden Endurance to Morocco from three ports in Gabon (Owendo), Togo (Lomé) and Ghana (Takoradi) in June and July 2013.