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DMC/SandT/2024/07
'''Singapore'''
'''Marchand Navigation Co v Olam Global Agri Pte Ltd and Sinco Shipping Pte Ltd (The “Maria Theo 1”)'''
'''General Division of the High Court: Justice Kwek Mean Luck: [2023] SGHC 339: 29 November 2023:
[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Marchand_Navigation_v_Olam_Global_Agri_&_Sinco_Shipping_-_The_Maria_Theo_1]]'''
Judgment available at: https://www.elitigation.sg/gd/s/2023_SGHC_339
'''LIEN: WHETHER OWNERS ENTITLED TO EXERCISE THE LIEN PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 18 NYPE 1946 FORM OVER DEMURRAGE DUE TO HEAD-CHARTERERS UNDER SUB-CHARTER'''
'''ARBITRATION: ARBITRATION CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR “ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CONTRACT“ TO BE EXCLUSIVELY REFERRED TO ARBITRATION IN LONDON: WHETHER COURT PROCEEDINGS SHOULD BE STAYED IN FAVOUR OF ARBITRATION: WHAT CONSTITUTES A “DISPUTE”'''
DMC/SandT/24/06
'''England'''
'''Southeaster Maritime Ltd v Trafigura Maritime Logistics Pte Ltd (The “Aquafreedom”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Jacobs J: [2024] EWHC 255 (Comm): 8 February 2024:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Southeaster_Maritime_v_Trafigura_Maritime_Logistics_-_The_Aquafreedom]]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2024/255.html
'''TIME CHARTER: WHETHER TIME CHARTER CONCLUDED: IMPACT OF A “SUBJECT” OF “CHARTERERS’ MANAGEMENT APPROVAL” WHERE “ALL TERMS” NOT AGREED BY THE PARTIES BEFOREHAND: APPLICATION FOR DECLARATION THAT NO LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT CONCLUDED'''
DMC/SandT/23/08
'''England'''
'''Smart Gain Shipping Co Ltd v Langlois Enterprises Ltd (The “Globe Danae”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Sir Ross Cranston, sitting as a High Court Judge: [2023] EWHC 1683 (Comm): 5 July 2023:[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Smart_Gain_Shipping_Co_v_Langlois_Enterprises_-_The_Globe_Danae]]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2023/1683.html
'''TIME CHARTER: ONE TIME CHARTER TRIP: HULL FOULING CLAUSE: VESSEL REDELIVERED WITH FOULED HULL AFTER PROLONGED STAY AT DISCHARGE PORT IN TROPICAL WATERS: WHETHER OWNERS ENTITLED TO CLAIM AS A DEBT THE TIME USED TO CLEAN HULL AT NET HIRE RATE OR CONFINED TO A CLAIM FOR DAMAGES FOR ANY LOSS OF USE OF THE VESSEL: APPEAL ON QUESTION OF LAW PURSUANT TO SECTION 69 OF THE ARBITRATION ACT 1996'''
DMC/SandT/23/05
'''England'''
'''Trafigura Pte Ltd v TKK Shipping Pte Ltd (The “Thorco Lineage”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Sir Nigel Teare: [2023] EWHC 26 (Comm): 12 January 2023:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Trafigura_v_TKK_Shipping_-_The_Thorco_Lineage]]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2023/26.html
'''BILL OF LADING: VESSEL GROUNDED DUE TO LOSS OF POWER LEADING TO SALVAGE OF VESSEL AND CARGO: SALVORS EXERCISED A MARITIME LIEN ON CARGO: CARGO INTERESTS OBLIGED TO PUT UP SECURITY TO OBTAIN CARGO: CARGO INTERESTS ALSO INCURRED EXPENSE TO ON-SHIP CARGO TO INTENDED PORT OF DISCHARGE: WHETHER ARTICLE IV(5)(A) OF THE HAGUE-VISBY RULES REGARDING FINANCIAL LIMITS OF LIABILITY OF CONTRACTUAL CARRIERS BASED UPON THE WEIGHT OF THE “GOODS LOST OR DAMAGED” INCLUDED ALSO GOODS THAT WERE ECONOMICALLY DAMAGED, NOT JUST THOSE PHYSICALLY LOST OR DAMAGED BY THE CASUALTY: DETERMINATION OF A POINT OF LAW UNDER SECTION 45 OF THE ARBITRATION ACT 1996'''
DMC/SandT/23/04
'''England'''
'''Pan Ocean Co Ltd v Daelim Corporation (The “DL Lilac”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Sir Ross Cranston: [2023] EWHC 391 (Comm): 24 January 2023: [[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Pan_Ocean_Co_v_Daelim_Corporation_-_The_DL_Lilac]]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2023/391.html
'''TRIP TIME CHARTER: AMENDED NYPE 93 FORM: HOLD INSPECTION PERIOD OFF-HIRE CLAUSE: HOLDS FAILED INITIAL INSPECTION: HOLDS RECLEANED AND MASTER REQUESTED REINSPECTION: CHALLENGE TO FINAL AWARD IN OWNERS’ FAVOUR FOR LOSS OF HIRE AND COST OF BUNKERS CONSUMED FOR BREACH OF IMPLIED TERM THAT CHARTERERS WOULD ARRANGE FOR PROMPT REINSPECTION OF HOLDS: APPEAL ON QUESTION OF LAW UNDER SECTION 69 OF THE ARBITRATION ACT 1996'''
DMC/SandT/23/02
'''England'''
'''Fastfreight Pte Ltd v Bulk Trident Shipping Ltd (The “Anna Dorothea”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Henshaw J: [2023] EWHC 105 (Comm): 24 January 2023:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Fastfreight_v_Bulk_Trident_Shipping_-_The_Anna_Dorothea]]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2023/105.html
'''TIME CHARTER TRIP: CHALLENGE TO PARTIAL FINAL AWARD FOR HIRE NOT PAID IN RELATION TO PURPORTED COVID-19 RELATED OFF-HIRE EVENT: WHETHER NON-PAYMENT A ‘DEDUCTION’ UNDER A PROVISION THAT PROVIDED FOR NO DEDUCTIONS FROM HIRE (INCLUDING FOR OFF-HIRE OR ALLEGED OFF-HIRE) WITHOUT OWNERS’ CONSENT: APPEAL ON QUESTION OF LAW UNDER SECTION 69 OF THE ARBITRATION ACT 1996'''
'''DMC/SandT/22/16
'''England'''
'''Eastern Pacific Chartering Inc v Pola Maritime Ltd (The “Divinegate”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Deputy Judge Clare Ambrose: [2022] EWHC 2095 (Comm): 10 August 2022:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Eastern_Pacific_Chartering_v_Pola_Maritime_-_the_Divinegate]]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2022/2095.html
'''TIME CHARTER TRIP: BALANCE HIRE, BUNKERS AND EXPENSES CLAIMED BY OWNERS: WHETHER CHARTERERS COULD ANSWER CLAIM BY WAY OF COUNTERCLAIMS: DAMAGES CLAIM IN TORT FOR ALLEGED WRONGFUL VESSEL ARREST: ALLEGED UNDERPERFORMANCE OF VESSEL ON VOYAGE'''
DMC/SandT/22/15
'''England'''
'''OCM Maritime Nile LCC & Another v Courage Shipping Co & Others (The “Courage” and “Amethyst”)'''
'''English Court of Appeal: Underhill, Newey & Males LLJ: [2022] EWCA Civ 1091: 29 July 2022:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/OCM_Maritime_Nile_LLC_&_Anor_v_Courage_Shipping_Co_&_Ors_-_The_Courage_&_The_Amethyst]]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2022/1091.html
'''BAREBOAT CHARTERPARTIES: BARECON 2001: DEFAULT EVENTS: US IRANIAN SANCTIONS AGAINST SOLE BENEFICIAL OWNER AND DIRECTOR OF CHARTERERS: TERMINATION OF CHARTERS: WHETHER OWNERS HAD RIGHT TO REPOSSESS VESSELS UNDER CLAUSE 46: WHETHER CHARTERERS ENTITLED TO RELIEF AGAINST FORFEITURE'''
DMC/SandT/22/14
'''England'''
''Ai Giorgis Oil Trading Ltd v AG Shipping & Energy Pte Ltd (The “Marquessa”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Henshaw J: [2021] EWHC 2319 (Comm): 17 August 2021:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Ai_Giorgis_Oil_Trading_Ltd_v_AG_Shipping_&_Energy_Pte_Ltd_-_The_Marquessa]]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2021/2319.html
'''TIME CHARTER: TERMINATION: CLAIM FOR UNPAID HIRE: EFFECT OF SUSPENSION OF VESSEL’S PERFORMANCE ON RIGHT TO HIRE: CLAIM FOR DAMAGES CONSEQUENT ON VESSEL HAVING TO COMPLETE THE CARRYING VOYAGE FOR CARGO LOADED ON CHARTERERS’ ORDERS BEFORE OWNERS TERMINATED CHARTER ON BASIS OF CHARTERERS’ REPUDIATION OR RENUNCIATION: SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON MERITS'''
DMC/SandT/22/10
'''England'''
'''SK Shipping Europe Ltd v Capital VLCC 3 Corp and Capital Maritime & Trading Corp (The “C Challenger”)'''
'''English Court of Appeal: Males, Phillips and Carr LLJ: [2022] EWCA Civ 231: 25 February 2022: [[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/SK_Shipping_Europe_Ltd_v_Capital_VLCC_3_Corp_&_Capital_Maritime_&_Trading_Corp_-_The_C_Challenger]]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2022/231.html
'''TIME CHARTER: SPEED AND CONSUMPTION: REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES: CONSUMPTION WARRANTY QUALIFIED BY 0.5 KNOT MARGIN: VESSEL UNDERPERFORMED: WHETHER PRE-CONTRACTUAL MISREPRESENTATIONS OF PERFORMANCE “EMBEDDED” IN CHARTER: WHETHER MISREPRESENTATIONS INDUCED CHARTERERS TO ENTER INTO CHARTER: WHETHER CHARTER AFFIRMED BY CHARTERERS ORDERING VESSEL ON LONG VOYAGE DESPITE GENERAL RESERVATION OF RIGHTS'''
DMC/SandT/22/07
'''England'''
'''OCM Maritime Nile LCC & Another v Courage Shipping Co & Others (The “Courage” and “Amethyst”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Sir Andrew Smith: [2022] EWHC 452 (Comm): 4 March 2022:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/OCM_Maritime_Nile_&_Anor_v_Courage_Shipping_Co_&_Ors_-_The_Courage_and_The_Amethyst]]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2022/452.html
'''BAREBOAT CHARTERPARTIES: BARECON 2001: DEFAULT EVENTS: US IRANIAN SANCTIONS AGAINST SOLE BENEFICIAL OWNER AND DIRECTOR OF CHARTERERS: TERMINATION OF CHARTERS: WHETHER OWNERS HAD RIGHT TO REPOSSESS VESSELS UNDER CLAUSE 46: WHETHER RIGHT TO REPOSSESSION AN UNENFORCEABLE PENALTY UNDER CLAUSES 28, 29 & 46: WHETHER CHARTERERS ENTITLED TO RELIEF AGAINST FORFEITURE'''
DMC/SandT/22/03
'''England'''
'''Space Shipping Ltd v ST Shipping and Transport Pte Ltd [2021] EWHC 2288 (Comm)'''
High Court of Justice Queen’s Bench Division Commercial Court: Sir Nigel Teare : 13 August 2021:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Space_Shipping_v_ST_Shipping_and_Transport]]
Judgment available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2021/2288.html
'''CHALLENGE TO ARBITRATION AWARD FOR ERROR OF LAW UNDER S.69 ARBITRATION ACT 1996: WHETHER TRIBUNAL ERRED IN LAW IN DEDUCTING SAVED DRYDOCKING COSTS FROM ITS AWARD OF AN INDEMNITY TO DISPONENT OWNERS AGAINST SUB-CHARTERERS FOR THE CONSEQUENCES SUFFERED BY THE DISPONENT OWNERS UNDER THE HEAD CHARTERPARTY WHICH HAD BEEN CAUSED BY THE CHARTERERS’ BREACH OFTHE SUB-CHARTERPARTY'''
DMC/SandT/21/16
'''England'''
'''SK Shipping Europe plc v Capital VLCC 3 Corp and Capital Maritime & Trading Corp (The “C Challenger”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Foxton J: [2020] EWHC 3448 (Comm): 16 December 2020: [[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/SK_Shipping_Europe_v_Capital_VLCC_3_Corp_&_Another_-_The_C_Challenger''']]
Judgment Available on BAILII @ https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2020/3448.html
'''TIME CHARTER: SPEED AND CONSUMPTION: REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES: VESSEL UNDERPERFORMANCE: WHETHER OWNERS FRAUDULENTLY MISREPRESENTED VESSEL PERFORMANCE: WHETHER CHARTERERS ENTITLED TO RESCIND CHARTER AND CLAIM DAMAGES: WHETHER CHARTER REPUDIATED BY CHARTERERS: WHETHER OWNERS ENTITLED TO DAMAGES FOR UNPERFORMED CHARTER PERIOD'''
DMC/SandT/21/14
'''England'''
'''Regal Seas Maritime S.A. v Oldendorff Carriers GmbH & Co KG (The “New Hydra”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Teare J: [2021] EWHC 566 (Comm): 11 March 2021:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Regal_Seas_Maritime_v_Oldendorff_Carriers_-_The_New_Hydra]]
'''TIME CHARTER: RATE OF HIRE BASED ON AVERAGE OF LAST 15 DAYS’ PUBLISHED 4 TIME CHARTER ROUTES OF BALTIC CAPESIZE INDEX (“BCI”) PLUS 4% FOR VESSEL SIZE ADJUSTMENT: VESSEL WAS 179,258 DEADWEIGHT TONNES (“DWT”): BCI ‘BENCHMARK’ VESSEL WAS 172,000 DWT WHEN CHARTER AGREED: BCI ‘BENCHMARK’ VESSEL CHANGED TO 180,000 DWT DURING CHARTER PERIOD: WHETHER AN IMPLIED TERM THAT VESSEL SIZE ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE REASONABLY AMENDED IF ‘BENCHMARK’ VESSEL SIZE CHANGED DURING CHARTER PERIOD: SECTION 69 APPEAL ON POINT OF LAW UNDER ARBITRATION ACT 1996'''
DMC/SandT/21/12
'''England'''
'''Navision Shipping A/S v Precious Pearls Ltd & Conti Lines Shipping NV v Navision Shipping A/S (The “Mookda Naree”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Andrew Baker J: [2021] EWHC 558 (Comm): 10 March 2021:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Navision_Shipping_v_Precious_Pearls_&_Conti_Lines_v_Navision_Shipping_-_The_Mookda_Naree]]
'''
'''TIME CHARTER: ASBATIME FORM: VESSEL ARRESTED IN WEST AFRICA FOR CARGO CLAIM RELATED TO SHIPMENT OF SUB-SUB-CHARTERERS ON A DIFFERENT VESSEL: WHETHER VESSEL OFF-HIRE BY REASON OF ACT OR OMISSION OF SUB-CHARTERERS (CLAUSE 47): WHETHER VESSEL OFF-HIRE UNDER WEST AFRICAN CARGO CLAIM CLAUSE (CLAUSE 86): SECTION 69 APPEAL ON POINT OF LAW UNDER ARBITRATION ACT 1996'''
DMC/SandT/21/06
'''England'''
'''Imperator I Maritime Company v Bunge SA and C Transport Panamax Ltd - The “Coral Seas”'''
'''English Commercial Court: Phillips J: [2016] EWHC 1506 (Comm): 24 June 2016: [[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Imperator_I_Maritime_Company_v_Bunge_SA_and_C_Transport_Panamax_Ltd_-_The_“Coral_Seas]]'''
'''ARBITRATION ACT 1996 SECTION 69 APPEAL ON POINT OF LAW: TIME CHARTERPARTY: CONTINUING WARRANTY OF SPEED AND CONSUMPTION: VESSEL SUSTAINED UNDERWATER FOULING DUE TO PROLONGED STAY IN TROPICAL WATERS RESULTING IN UNDERPERFORMANCE: WHETHER A DEFENCE FOR OWNERS TO PROVE THAT VESSEL UNDERPERFORMED BECAUSE OF COMPLIANCE WITH CHARTERERS’ ORDERS'''
DMC/SandT/20/03
'''England'''
'''MUR Shipping B.V. v Louis Dreyfus Company Suisse S.A. (The “Tiger Shanghai”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Cockerill J: [2019] EWHC 3240 (Comm): 13 November 2019:[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/MUR_Shipping_v_Louis_Dreyfus_Company_Suisse_-_The_Tiger_Shanghai]]'''
'''TIME CHARTERPARTY: ALL CLAIMS PRESENTATION TIME BAR CLAUSE: OWNERS REFUSED TO ALLOW CEMENT FEEDER HOLES TO BE DRILLED IN HATCH COVERS: CHARTERERS’ CONTEMPORANEOUS SURVEY REPORT CONCLUDED OWNERS HAD NO GOOD REASONS FOR REFUSAL: REPORT RELIED ON BY CHARTERERS IN ARBITRATION BUT NOT PRESENTED WITHIN THE 12 MONTHS’ TIME BAR: WHETHER CLAIM TIME BARRED FOR WANT OF PRESENTATION OF “ALL AVAILABLE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS (WHETHER RELATING TO LIABILITY OR QUANTUM OR BOTH)”: ARBITRATION ACT 1996 SECTION 69 APPEAL ON POINTS OF LAW'''
DMC/SandT/20/02
'''England'''
'''Quiana Navigation SA v Pacific Gulf Shipping (Singapore) Pte Ltd (The “Caravos Liberty”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Cockerill J: [2019] EWHC 3171 (Comm): 21 November 2019: [[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Quiana_Navigation_v_Pacific_Gulf_Shipping_(Singapore)_-_The_Caravos_Liberty]]
'''TIME CHARTERPARTY: WITHDRAWAL OF VESSEL FOR NON-PAYMENT OF HIRE: BIMCO NON-PAYMENT OF HIRE CLAUSE: WHETHER LAWFUL TO WITHDRAW VESSEL FOR NON-PAYMENT OF HIRE THAT FELL DUE ON AN EARLIER DATE: ARBITRATION ACT 1996 SECTION 69 APPEAL ON POINTS OF LAW'''
DMC/SandT/19/10
'''England'''
'''Eleni Shipping Limited v Transgrain Shipping B.V. (The “Eleni P”):[[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/Eleni_Shipping_v_Transgrain_Shipping_-_The_Eleni_P]]
'''English Commercial Court: Popplewell J: [2019] EWHC 910 (Comm): 10 April 2019'''
'''TIME CHARTERPARTY: NYPE 46 FORM: VESSEL CAPTURED BY PIRATES IN THE ARABIAN SEA: WHETHER VESSEL WAS OFF-HIRE: ARBITRATION ACT 1996 SECTION 96 APPEAL ON POINTS OF LAW'''
DMC/SandT/19/09
'''England'''
'''A v B (The “GA”)'''
'''English Commercial Court: Sir Ross Cranston: [2018] EWHC 2325 (Comm): 7 September 2018: [[https://www.onlinedmc.co.uk/index.php/A_B_The_GA]]'''
'''TIME CHARTERPARTY: AMENDED SHELLTIME 4 FORM: VLCC OIL TANKER CHARTERED-IN THEN SUB-CHARTERED TO POOL: OIL MAJOR ELIGIBILITY CLAUSE (“OMEC”) BY WHICH VESSEL GUARANTEED AT ALL TIMES (1) TO HAVE A VALID SHIP INSPECTION REPORT (“SIRE”) PROGRAMME REPORT REGISTERED ON THE SIRE SYSTEM AND NOT MORE THAN SIX MONTHS’ OLD, AND (2) TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR BUSINESS FROM AT LEAST FOUR OIL MAJORS: VESSEL BECAME UNEMPLOYABLE DUE TO CRITICAL SIRE REPORT FOLLOWED BY LAPSE OF SIRE REPORT: VESSEL PLACED OFF-HIRE DUE TO BREACH OF GUARANTEES THEN LATER REDELIVERED TO OWNERS: QUANTIFICATION OF CLAIM FOR LOSS AND DAMAGE CAUSED BY BREACHES OF OMEC: WHETHER NET LOSS OF PROFITS AND WASTED COSTS COULD BOTH BE CLAIMED: WHETHER LOSS OF PROFITS DAMAGES WERE TO BE DISCOUNTED ON LOSS OF CHANCE BASIS: ARBITRATION ACT 1996 SECTION 69 APPLICATION TO APPEAL AWARD ON POINTS OF LAW'''
DMC/SandT/19/08