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

[2015] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 76

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Hofmeyr

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.