SEA CONSORTIUM PTE LTD (TRADING AS X-PRESS FEEDERS) AND OTHERS V BENGAL TIGER LINE PTE LTD AND OTHERS

[2024] EWHC 3174 (Admlty), King's Bench Division (Admiralty Court), Mr Justice Andrew Baker, 12 December 2024

Admiralty – Limitation of liability – Meaning of "shipowner" – Meaning of "charterer" – Slot charterers' right to limit liability – Convention on the limitation of liability for maritime claims 1976, as amended, article 1(2)

A fire on the container ship X-Press Pearl started on 20 May 2021 and culminated in the sinking of the ship on 2 June 2021 off Colombo in Sri Lanka, with the total loss of ship and cargo.