The plaintiff shipowners sued insurers Boston Old Colony Insurance Company (“Boston”) for indemnification in respect of mesothelioma claims brought on behalf of two of its tugboat captains.
In 2002 a collision occurred between a windsurfing board ridden by the plaintiff, Ms Birkenfeld, and a rigid inflatable boat (“RIB”) owned by the second defendant Yachting New Zealand (“YNZ”) and driven by the first defendant, Mr Kendall. Ms Birkenfeld was severely injured and claimed damages totalling $15 million.
New India Assurance Association ("the cargo insurers") were the assignees of their insured's claims against the carrier for loss of cargo.
The plaintiff owner of the barge Portland Star entered into a contract on Towcon terms with the defendant for the towage of the barge by the defendant's tug Atlantic Elm.
The plaintiff cargo owners and the owners of the vessel Mariana entered into a booking note in the standard "Conline" form in relation to the carriage of the plaintiffs' cargo of telegraph poles from Nova Scotia to Syria.
On 24 November 1997 the vessel Carla encountered heavy weather during the course of a voyage from Le Havre to the United States, and broke in half.
The dependants of three Polish seamen killed while serving on the defendant’s vessel Sletreal whilst in Cuban waters brought an action against the shipowners claiming negligence and breach of contract of employment in failing to take reasonable care for the safety of the employee, and claiming damages at common law and under the Fatal Accidents Acts.
The proceedings were in relation to a collision between the ship Al Aliyu and a barge owned by the plaintiff (‘SBL’) in Guinea.
The plaintiff charterers commenced proceedings and arrested the vessel Tavros at Vancouver in order to force security for any arbitration award which might arise out of existing arbitration in New York.
The plaintiff cargo interests brought proceedings for damages to a photo-processor carried from Antwerp to Seattle.
