MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA v Stolt Tank Containers BV (The Flaminia)

Subject Matter

SHIPPING — Limitation of liability — Loss of or damage to ship — Shipowner bringing claim against charterer in respect of damage to ship — Charterer contending claim limitable under maritime convention — Whether claim brought by owner against charterer subject to limitation — Whether damage to ship “consequential” on damage to cargo and therefore within category of limitable claim — Whether other categories of limitable claim engaged — Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c 21), s 185, Sch 7, art 2.1

[2022] EWHC 2746 (Admlty); [2023] Bus LR 686; [2022] WLR(D) 449, KBD

SHIPPING — Limitation of liability — Charterer’s liability — Convention entitling entities within extended definition of “shipowner” to limit liability according to tonnage of ship for certain claims — Whether limitation applying to claim brought by actual owner in respect of losses suffered by owner itself — Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c 21), s 185, Sch 7, arts 1.2, 2.1

[2023] EWCA Civ 1007; [2024] Bus LR 311; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 364; [2023] WLR(D) 484, CA

Appellate History

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c 21), s 185, Sch 7, arts 1.2, 2.1

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA v Stolt Tank Containers BV (The Flaminia) [2023] EWCA Civ 1007; [2024] Bus LR 311; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 364; [2023] WLR(D) 484, CA

Cases considered in: MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA v Stolt Tank Containers BV (The Flaminia) [2022] EWHC 2746 (Admlty); [2023] Bus LR 686; [2022] WLR(D) 449, KBD

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA v Stolt Tank Containers BV (The Flaminia) [2022] EWHC 2746 (Admlty); [2023] Bus LR 686; [2022] WLR(D) 449, KBD

Adler v Upper Grosvenor Street Investment Ltd [1955] 1 QB 158; [1957] 1 WLR 227, QBD

Aegean Sea Traders Corpn v Repsol Petroleo SA (The Aegean Sea) [1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep 39, QBD

CMA CGM SA v Classica Shipping Co Ltd (The CMA Djakarta) [2003] EWHC 641 (Comm); [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 21; [2003] 2 Lloyd's Rep 50, QBD

Conti 11 Container Schiffahrts-GmbH & Co KG Ms ‘MSC Flaminia’ v Land Niedersachsen (Case C-689/17); EU:C:2019:420, ECJ

Fothergill v Monarch Airlines Ltd [1981] AC 251; [1980] 3 WLR 209; [1980] 2 All ER 696; [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 295, HL(E)

Gard Marine and Energy Ltd v China National Chartering Co Ltd (The Ocean Victory) [2017] UKSC 35; [2017] 1 WLR 1793; [2018] 1 All ER 832; [2018] 1 All ER (Comm) 1; [2017] 1 Lloyd's Rep 521; [2017] WLR (D) 333; Case details, SC(E)

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co Ltd v Stolt Tank Containers BV (The Flaminia) [2022] EWHC 835 (Admlty); [2022] 2 Lloyd's Rep 341, QBD

Qenos Pty Ltd v Ship "APL Sydney" [2009] FCA 1090; (2009) 187 FCR 282, FCA

River Countess BV & Ors v MSC Cruise Management (UK) Ltd [2021] EWHC 2652 (Admlty), QBD

Stag Line Ltd v Foscolo, Mango & Co Ltd [1932] AC 328, HL(E)

Strong Wise Ltd v Esso Australia Resources Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 240; 185 FCR 149

The Breydon Merchant [1992] 1 Lloyd's Rep 373, QBD

The Tojo Maru (No 2) [1972] AC 242; [1971] 2 WLR 970; [1971] 1 All ER 1110; [1971] 1 Lloyd's Rep 341, HL(E)

Western Sealanes Corpn v Unimarine SA (The Pythia) [1982] 2 Lloyd's Rep 160, QBD

Zephyrus, The (1842) 1 W Rob 329

Cases cited in: MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co SA v Stolt Tank Containers BV (The Flaminia) [2023] EWCA Civ 1007; [2024] Bus LR 311; [2024] 1 All ER (Comm) 364; [2023] WLR(D) 484, CA

Aegean Sea Traders Corpn v Repsol Petroleo SA (The Aegean Sea) [1998] 2 Lloyd's Rep 39, QBD

CMA CGM SA v Classica Shipping Co Ltd (The CMA Djakarta) [2003] EWHC 641 (Comm); [2003] 2 All ER (Comm) 21; [2003] 2 Lloyd's Rep 50, QBD

Gard Marine and Energy Ltd v China National Chartering Co Ltd (The Ocean Victory) [2017] UKSC 35; [2017] 1 WLR 1793; [2018] 1 All ER 832; [2018] 1 All ER (Comm) 1; [2017] 1 Lloyd's Rep 521; [2017] WLR (D) 333; Case details, SC(E)

JTI Polska sp z oo v Jakubowski [2023] UKSC 19; [2023] 3 WLR 50; [2023] 4 All ER 499; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 537; [2023] 2 Lloyd's Rep 64; [2023] RTR 29; The Times, 5 July 2023, SC(E)

The Breydon Merchant [1992] 1 Lloyd's Rep 373, QBD

The Liverpool (No 2) [1963] P 64; [1960] 3 WLR 597; [1960] 3 All ER 307; [1960] 2 Lloyd's Rep 66, CA

The Tojo Maru (No 2) [1972] AC 242; [1971] 2 WLR 970; [1971] 1 All ER 1110; [1971] 1 Lloyd's Rep 341, HL(E)

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