A Shipowner’s Right to Freight: The “Bulk Chile”
In Dry Bulk Handy Holding Inc v Fayette International Holdings Ltd (The “Bulk Chile”) [2013] EWCA Civ 184, the court considered whether a shipowner is entitled to demand payment to himself of freight...
View ArticleCommercial Court considers issues regarding the incorporation of a...
In Caresse Navigation Ltd v Office National d’Electricite (The Channel Ranger) [2013] EWHC 3081 (Comm), the court considered whether a reference in a bill of lading to the incorporation of a...
View ArticleTribunals have no jurisdiction to hear Owners’ claims for “procuring or...
Owners chartered their vessel by way of a charter containing a London Arbitration clause, for a carriage from Turkey to Liberia. The vessel was sub-chartered, and three bills of lading issued to cover...
View ArticleEbola and its effect on shipping contracts
More than 1000 people have died in West Africa following the current outbreak of Ebola which began in March 2014. Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are the worst affected countries but deaths have now...
View ArticleEbola fears impact on vessels travelling from West Africa
Ebola continues to spread in West Africa with the latest reports indicating that over 2,630 people have died since the outbreak began. Yesterday, Malta turned away a vessel travelling from Guinea to...
View ArticleCargo owner has no claim for conversion where a shipper has discharged cargo...
Sang Stone Hamoon Jonoub Co Ltd v Baoyue Shipping Co Ltd (“The Bao Yue”) [2015] EWHC 2288 (Comm) The dispute related to a cargo of iron ore carried from Iran to China by the Defendant Shipper. The bill...
View ArticleElectronic Bills of Lading
With the inclusion of an electronic bills of lading clause in the latest iteration of the NYPE form, as well as the International Group of P&I Clubs’ approval of 3 electronic trading systems, we...
View ArticleCollecting your goods – Electronic Release System
The Court of Appeal handed down a judgment this week in MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA v Glencore International AG [2017] EWCA Civ 365 relating to a dispute arising out of the Electronic Release...
View ArticleUpdate on recent developments in the Shipping Industry
For an update on recent developments in the Shipping Industry, click here to listen to our recent webinar. During the webinar, we cover some of the key shipping cases in the last 6 months. We also take...
View ArticleLimits on Receivers’ obligations
In Sea Master Shipping Inc v Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd & Yousef Freiha & Sons SA [2020] EWHC 2030, Owners, in a situation where Charterers were in insolvent liquidation and unable to meet...
View Article‘Shipper’ proves it was not the shipper and avoids claim for cargo explosion:...
Summary The claimant was named as shipper on a bill of lading for a consignment of cargo on the MV Nortrader, despite not being a party to the contract of carriage. The defendant, the owner of the...
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