Taigo brought arbitration proceedings against China Master in relation to disputes which had arisen under a time charter.
By a charterparty dated 21 September 2007 on the SYNACOMEX 2000 form, with additional clauses, the vessel was charted for three consecutive voyages.
On 8 November 206 the claimant sellers and the defendant buyers concluded a shipbuilding contract.
The vessel Sabrina 1 was chartered pursuant to the terms of a fixture recap dated 21 December 2007 which provided inter alia:
By a contract of sale dated 21 September 2007 at Singapore titled “Sales Contract for MET Deck Machinery” the respondent seller (“MEP”) sold to the first appellant (“IUS”) certain equipment for IUS’s vessel Explorer .
Disputes arose between the claimants and the defendant relating to work done in Dubai.
The claimant (“LDCK”) was the shipper of a cargo of 5,000 mts South African White Corn fit for human consumption on the vessel Georgis Carras under a bill of lading issued by the defendant (“owners”) which incorporated a London arbitration clause.
The issue on this appeal was whether the district court was correct to grant Kelso’s motion to compel arbitration.
In 2000 the plaintiff was injured while serving as a chef onboard the m/v American Queen , a replica steamboat owned and operated by the Delta Queen Steamboat Company (“Delta Queen”).
AnimalFeeds International Corp (“AnimalFeeds”) alleged that Stolt-Nielsen SA and other companies (collectively “Stolt-Nielsen”) were engaged in a “global conspiracy to restrain competition in the world market for parcel tanker shipping services in violation of federal antitrust laws”.
