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'''Background'''

The claimant, Vitorio Shipping Co Ltd (the “Owner”), was the demise-chartered owner of the vessel “Lehman Timber” (the “Vessel”). The cargo on board during a voyage from Changsu in China to St Petersburg in Russia included 1,089 steel coils (the “Cargo”) under four separate bills of lading, of which the defendant, Metall Market OOO (the “Consignee”), was the consignee. Only the cargo under one of the bills (the 4th bill) in respect of 98 coils was insured. The conditions of carriage set out on the reverse of the bills of lading provided for general average to be adjusted, stated and settled according to the York-Antwerp Rules 1994 in London.