Compania Sud Americana De Vapores SA v Sinochem Tianjin Import & Export Corporation
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | MR JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER CLARKE |
| Judgment Date | 24 July 2009 |
| Neutral Citation | [2009] EWHC 1880 (Comm) |
| Docket Number | Case No: 2004 FOLIO 934 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Commercial Court) |
| Date | 24 July 2009 |
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2 cases
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Compania Sud Americana De Vapores Sa v Sinochem Tianjin Ltd (Formerly Sinochem Tianjin Import and Export Corporation) (The "Aconcagua")
...the cargo must have had to have exploded, even if Sinochem was correct. 7 The judge, in a comprehensive judgment now reported at [2010] 1 Lloyd's Rep 1, accepted CSAV's case and rejected Sinochem's case following an analysis of (a) the factual evidence as to what bunker heating was done by ......
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Compania Sud Americana de Vapores SA v Sinochem Tianjin Ltd (Aconcagua)
...and its contents was wholly insufficient to have had any significant effect on, and made no difference to, the outcome. The judge ([2009] EWHC 1880 (Comm)) accepted CSAV's case and rejected Sinochem's case. Sinochem appealed arguing that the judge had held Sinochem liable to CSAV merely bec......
1 firm's commentaries
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Hague Rules: Dangerous Goods And Negligent Stowage
...Sud Americana de Vapores S.A. v. Sinochem Tianjin Import & Export Corp. (The Aconcagua) [2009] EWHC 1880 The Aconcagua is the first dangerous goods case to deal directly with a carriers' right to recover an indemnity under Art IV rule 6 of the Hague Rules where loss arises from a combin......
1 books & journal articles
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UP IN FLAMES: THE EXPLOSIVE RISKS OF MISDECLARED HAZARDOUS CARGO IN SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOLLOWING THE MAERSK HONAM FIRE.
...2d 56. (67) For additional case studies involving misdeclared hazardous cargo, and especially their treatment under English law, see [2009] EWHC 1880 (Comm.) ("The Aconcagua"); see also [2005] EWHC 2399 (Comm.) ("The Ythan"); see also [2000] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 255 ("The Kapitan (71) See Scholas......