Damages Recoveries and Remedies in Shipping Law
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Chapter 4 Prospects of Recovering Damages for Delay in Shipping Cases
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I Introduction
This chapter considers whether an owner or disponent owner can ever recover damages from a voyage charterer over and above demurrage where a delay in loading or discharging causes another type of loss – usually deterioration in a cargo – following the Court of Appeal decision in K Line PTE Ltd v Priminds Shipping (HK) Co Ltd (The Eternal Bliss).1