KYOKUYO CO LTD v AP MØLLER-MAERSK A/S, TRADING AS “MAERSK LINE”

[2017] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 580

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr Justice Andrew Baker

Carriage of goods by sea – Package limitation – Containers containing individual frozen tuna loins and bags of frozen tuna parts – Cargo found damaged on receipt – Limitation of liability – Whether Hague or Hague-Visby Rules applied – Whether limitation to be applied to each separate package or unit or by reference to total number of packages or units – Whether relevant package or unit was the container or the individual tuna loins or bags – Whether there was a sufficient enumeration of units for limitation purposes – Hague and Hague-Visby Rules, article IV, rule 5.