CARGILL INTERNATIONAL S.A. v. CPN TANKERS (BERMUDA) LTD. (THE “OT SONJA”)

[1993] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 435

COURT OF APPEAL

Before Lord Justice Hirst, Lord Justice Roch and Sir David Croom-Johnson

Charter-party (Voyage) - Limitation of time - Charter incorporated U.S. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act - Plaintiffs alleged breaches of charter - No suit brought within the year - Whether “loss or damage” in U.S. Act referred only to physical loss or damage or included loss or damage related to goods - Whether “loss or damage” applicable only to goods loaded on vessel - Whether plaintiffs’ claim time barred - U.S. Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1936 s. 3(6)