by Editor | Sep 1, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Gard Marine and Energy Ltd v China National Chartering Company Ltd [2017] UKSC 35; [2017] WLR 1793. By a demise charterparty the vessel’s owners, Ocean Victory Maritime Inc. (“the owners”) chartered the vessel to Ocean Line...
by Editor | Jul 26, 2017 | Commercial Issues, Summaries of Cases
Felipe Arizon, Spain felipearizon@arizon.es Ref: Judgment of 5th October 2016 This was an appeal by Messrs. A/P Moller Maersk AS against the judgment issued by the Valencia Commercial Court in respect to a claim for demurrage and other costs incurred by a shipment of...
by Editor | Jul 15, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Dr. Marco Remiorz, Dabelstein & Passehl, Germany Facts A tanker barge anchored on the Rhine River within an area were anchoring was prohibited. During a manoeuver the vessel ran aground and was secured with an anchor; the anchor chain blocked the entrance to a...
by Editor | Jun 20, 2017 | Summaries of Cases
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Kyokuyo Co Ltd v A P Møller-Maersk A/S [2017] EWHC 654 (Comm) Andrew Baker J. 1. Background facts The claimant was the receiver of three container loads of frozen bluefin, made up of tuna loins and bags of tuna parts, shipped at...
by Editor | May 14, 2017 | National Issues, Summaries of Cases
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai China has for the longest time been known for adopting one of the most restrictive reciprocity systems in the world. A view widely accepted by even Chinese scholars, this approach has made it almost impossible to recognise foreign...
by Editor | Apr 25, 2017 | Jurisdiction + Forum, Summaries of Cases
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Baltic Cable AB in Malmö, Sweden, owns and operates a 600 submarine high voltage, direct current link between Trelleborg, Sweden and Lübeck, Germany. This link...
