Lloyd’s Shipping & Trade Law

Doctrine of stages under the Hague and the Hague-Visby Rules: a revisit to The Makedonia Is it true that the Hague and the Hague-Visby Rules have abolished the doctrine of…

Herculito Maritime Ltd and Others v Gunvor International BV and Others (“The Polar”) [2021] EWCA Civ 1828 Bills of lading, charterparty terms and general averageDoes an obligation of the charterer…

Speed-consumption claims: establishing and extrapolating A breach of a speed-consumption warranty is established by a sample performance of the vessel in qualifying good weather conditions within the relevant sea passage.…

Polaris Shipping Co Ltd v Sinoriches Enterprises Co Ltd (The Ocean Virgo) [2018] Lloyd’s Rep Plus 101 In time charterparties, the owner will give a speed-consumption warranty on sea passages…

Bottom fouling: on whose head does it fall? Bottom fouling by marine growth is the subject of frequent disputes in time charters. As waiting times in ports have increased due…