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Minerva Navigation Inc v Oceana Shipping AG

Hearings

England & Wales

13 Dec 2012 [2012] EWHC 3608 (Comm); [2013] 2 All ER (Comm) 28; [2013] 1 CLC 226; [2012] CN 244; [2013] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 145, QBD (Walker J)

23 Oct 2013 [2013] EWCA Civ 1723; [2014] 1 All ER (Comm) 552; [2013] 2 Lloyd's Rep 673; [2013] 2 CLC 614; [2013] WLR (D) 406, CA (Tomlinson, Lewison, Underhill LJJ)

07 Apr 2014 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused, SC(E)

Ships

Athena

Additional names

Oceana Shipping AG v Transatlantica Commodities SA

Subject Matter

SHIPPING — Charterparty — Time charter — Construction of off-hire clause in charterparty — Whether vessel off-hire for particular period due to not being efficient for services required for that period — Whether charterers having to further show net loss of time resulting — New York Produce Exchange (NYPE) 1946 form, cl 15

[2012] EWHC 3608 (Comm); [2013] 2 All ER (Comm) 28; [2013] 1 CLC 226; [2012] CN 244; [2013] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 145, QBD

[2013] EWCA Civ 1723; [2014] 1 All ER (Comm) 552; [2013] 2 Lloyd's Rep 673; [2013] 2 CLC 614; [2013] WLR (D) 406, CA

Appellate History

Minerva Navigation Inc v Oceana Shipping AG [2012] EWHC 3608 (Comm); [2013] 2 All ER (Comm) 28; [2013] 1 CLC 226; [2012] CN 244; [2013] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 145, QBD

Decision of Walker J reversed

Minerva Navigation Inc v Oceana Shipping AG [2013] EWCA Civ 1723; [2014] 1 All ER (Comm) 552; [2013] 2 Lloyd's Rep 673; [2013] 2 CLC 614; [2013] WLR (D) 406, CA

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