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Charterparty – Cargo claim – Charterers alleging short-shipment of cargo of steel plates in bundles – Whether shortfall of cargo – Evidential value of documentation – Whether charterers wrongly arrested vessel – Whether owners entitled to damages for wrongful arrest
(2010) 791 LMLN 4
The ship was chartered to carry a cargo of “min/max 2972 mts steel plates in bundles”. The charterers contended that there had been a short-shipment, and they arrested the vessel at the discharging port as security for their claim. The owners denied that there had been any short-shipment, and counterclaimed (a) a balance of account and (b) damages for wrongful arrest.
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Michael Daiches, Barrister
Mar 19 2010
