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SY Roro 1 Pte Ltd and Another v Onorato Armatori Srl and Others [2024] EWHC 611 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court (Sir William Blair) - 21 March 2024
Charterparties - Termination of charterparty - Redelivery of vessels - Effect of termination of charterparty on sub-charters - Relief against forfeiture - Obligations of guarantors
The claimants were two Singapore companies, each of which owned a ro-ro ferry, respectively
Alf Pollak and
Maria Grazia Onorato. Both were built in Germany, each at a cost of around €55 million. The claimants also owned the yard where the ferries were
built. The four defendants were Italian companies within the Onorato group, specialising in ferries and operating theItalian
domestic ferry business.