Star Axe I LLC v Royal and Sun Alliance Luxembourg SA and Others - [2023] EWHC 2784 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Mr Justice Butcher) - 10 November 2023

General average - Congenbill 1994 incorporating York-Antwerp Rules 1994 and any subsequent modification - Whether clause effective to incorporate York-Antwerp Rules 2016

The claimant carrier issued seven bills of lading, on the Congenbill 1994 form, acknowledging shipment on its vessel, the motor vessel Star Antares, of cargoes of ferro chrome. Three of these bills were dated 18 September 2021, and were issued in Maputo, Mozambique. The others, one dated 30 September 2021, one dated 1 October 2021 and two dated 4 October 2021, were issued in Richards Bay, South Africa.