CSL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD v TASMANIAN PORTS CORPORATION PTY LTD AND OTHERS (THE “GOLIATH”)

[2025] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 15

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Before Justice Stewart

Admiralty – Limitation of liability – Limitation of liability for wreck removal claims – Reservation against limitation of claims for the removal of wreck – Two tugs becoming wreck as a result of allision – Removal of wrecks by port authority – Contracts – Standard terms – Whether port’s standard terms excluding right to limit liability for removal of wreck – Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims 1976, article 2(1)(a) and (d) – Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Act 1989 (Cth).