The plaintiff (“Alphamate”) obtained a Rule B attachment in New Orleans on a shipment of corn that had been loaded on the vessel Golden Star bound for Green Valley for Animal Feed Libya (“AFL”) in Tripoli, Libya.
The vessel Sabrina 1 was chartered pursuant to the terms of a fixture recap dated 21 December 2007 which provided inter alia:
The vessel was chartered on the Sugar Charter Party 1999 form for the carriage of “a full and complete cargo of 13,100 net metric tons minimum/maximum of sugar in loose 50 kg bags” from Santos to Tartous.
The vessel Mamola Challenger was time-chartered for a period of five years.
The vessel North Prince was time-chartered by the claimant subcharterers (“charterers”) from the defendant disponent owners (“owners”) for a period from the date of delivery to “minimum 27 June 2009”.
On 5 December 2007 the claimant owners (“Zodiac”) concluded a Consecutive Voyage Charterparty (“the CVC”) with the defendant charterers (“FMG”).
The vessel Sylvia was chartered on an amended NYPE form initially for 2-4 months +/-15 days, but later extended for a further period of min/max 11/13 months in charterers’ option at a hire rate of US$5,900 per day.
On 6 March 2008 the claimant buyer (“Glencore”) agreed to buy a quantity of Nigerian crude oil known as Ukpokiti from the defendant seller (“Transworld”) on fob terms with a laycan of 25-29 March 2008.
The vessel Elbrus was chartered on an amended NYPE 1993 form for a period which, in the event, would have determined on 13 May 2005.
The owners and/or demise charterers of the dredger Kamal XXVI and the barge Kamal XXIV (“Kamal”) brought proceedings against the owners of the ship Ariela (Ariela) arising out of a collision on 30 April 2004 between the Ariela and the barge, said to have caused the barge itself to collide with the dredger, with the alleged result of causing substantial damage to both barge and dredger, leading to very considerable consequential loss.
