VOLCAFE LTD AND OTHERS v COMPANIA SUD AMERICANA DE VAPORES SA (TRADING AS "CSAV")

[2015] Lloyd's Rep Plus 33

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (LONDON MERCANTILE COURT)

Before David Donaldson QC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)

Carriage of goods by sea - Consignments of bagged coffee beans in containers carried on LCL/FCL terms - Cargo found to be damaged by condensation - Temporal scope of Hague Rules - Burden of proof - Whether damage inevitable - Whether carrier failed properly and carefully to load and carry the goods - Hague Rules, articles I(e) and III(2).