MARE NOVA INCORPORATED V ZHANGJIAGANG JIUSHUN SHIP ENGINEERING CO LTD

[2025] EWHC 223 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, His Honour Judge Keyser KC, sitting as a High Court Judge, 10 February 2025

Shipbuilding – Defective repairs – Arbitration – Serious irregularity – Whether defence relied upon by arbitrator raised in arbitration – Error of law – Whether contract exempted shipyard from liability – Arbitration Act 1996, sections 68 and 69

In February 2021 MNI entered into a contract with ZJ's Chinese dockyard for repairs to be effected to MNI's vessel Mare Nova.