Aegean Sea Traders Corporation v Repsol Petroleo SA ('The Aegean Sea') [QBD (Admiralty)]

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtQueen's Bench Division (Admiralty)
JudgeThomas J.
Judgment Date07 April 1998
Date07 April 1998

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    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
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    ... ... with, the English Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1992 (COGSA 1992), a person ... who has ... very recent decision, East West Corporation v DKBS 1912 & Anor [2002] EWHC 83 ... (COMM), ... Reliance was also placed by Keppel TL on Aegean Sea Traders Corp v Repsol Petroleo SA [1998] 2 ... ...
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    • Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court)
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    ...for the 1976 Convention. It was contained in a report of the BMLA dated July 1954 by way of commentary on Article 10The Aegean Sea [1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep 39 to the effect that, on the facts of that case, voyage charterers were not entitled to limit their liability for claims brought by owners......
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  • Charterers Can Still Not Limit Their Liability Vis-À-Vis Owners
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • 16 December 2003
    ...that an earlier decision of Mr Justice Thomas in the Aegean Sea Traders Corp v Repsol Petroleo S.A. and Another (the "Aegean Sea") [1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 39 was wrongly The 1976 Convention provides at Article 1 that: "1. Ship owners and salvors, as hereinafter defined, may limit their liabil......
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    • United Kingdom
    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals Carriage of Goods by Sea (Third Edition) Part II
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    ...or port of origin; (vi) altering the description of the cargo in the bills of lading;53 47 See, eg, Aegean Sea Traders Corp v Repsol Petroleo SA (The Aegean Sea) [1998] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 39. In this case, the wording was linked to further wording stating that ‘charterers hereby indemnify Owners......
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    • United Kingdom
    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals Carriage of Goods by Sea (Third Edition) Part II
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    ...203 See also Calm Ocean Shipping SA v Win Goal Trading Ltd [2016] 1 HKLRD 149 (HKCFI), [45]. 204 Aegean Sea Traders Corporation v Repsol Petroleo SA (The Aegean Sea) [1998] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 39. See Nicholas Gaskell, ‘Pollution, Limitation and Carriage in The Aegean Sea’ in Francis D Rose, Lex ......
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    • Invalid date
    ...(In re U.S. Lines, Inc.), 197 F.3d 631 (2d Cir 1999), 2000 AMCAddison v Denholm [1997] ICR 770 123 Aegean Sea Traders Corp v Repsol Petroleo SA (The Aegean Sea) [1998] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 39 144, 145 Aga, The [1968] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 431 173 Akehurst v Thomson Holidays Ltd & Britannia Airways, Ca......
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