by Editor | Feb 16, 2026 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Sanctions
Ref: Tonzip Maritime Ltd v 2Rivers Pte Ltd (The Catalan Sea) [2025] EWHC 2036 (Comm) — What the Judgment on Sanctions Clauses Means for Shipowners Contact: Arthur A. Nitsevych, Interlegal Ukraine What happened In November 2021 the vessel Catalan Sea was on voyage from...
by Editor | Jan 18, 2026 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Perfect Marine Ltd v Sodrugestvo Turkey [2025] EWHC 1940 (Comm) This interesting recent case discussed, but without needing to decide, the meaning of the phrase “unless suit is brought” found in the Article III Rule...
by Editor | Dec 16, 2025 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, Commercial Issues
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Skyros Maritime Corporation v Hapag-Lloyd AG (Re ‘SKYROS’ & ‘AGIOS MINAS’) [2025] EWCA Civ 1529 In this case the defendant charterers argued that the particular arrangements which the owner had made for...
by Editor | Nov 5, 2025 | Carriage by Sea, Transport Documents
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Maersk Guine-Bissau, SARL v Almar-Hum Bubacar Balde SARL [2024] EWHC 993 (Comm) Jacobs J. In this case Maersk GB claimed to enforce against cargo interests (Almar -Hum) the Himalaya clause in a bill of lading issued by Maersk...
by Editor | Oct 20, 2025 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries, International Conventions, Transport Documents
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Tanga Pharmaceuticals Plastics Ltd v Emirates Shipping Line FZE [2025] EWHC 368 (Comm) Bright J. In this case the issues for determination were, a) whether a contractual time bar clause by clause 18 of the bill lading applying to...
by Editor | Nov 26, 2024 | Carriage by Sea, Case Summaries
Paul Bugden, Bugden + Co., London Ref: Fimbank Plc v KCH Shipping Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 38 The international carriage of goods by sea is almost invariably governed either by the Hague Rules, a 1924 international convention for the unification of rules of law relating to...
