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.During the charter negotiations, the charterer sought to include a requirement that the owner obtain approval for the ship under the RightShip private vetting scheme but this was declined by the…

A cargo carried in a container exploded, and the resulting fire resulted in the loss of the Member's ship. The original explosion was traced to a container which was carrying undeclared dangerous…

A Member has a claim against a shipyard for the return of advance instalments paid under a shipbuilding contract. The Member cancels the contract following long delays in construction however the…

Following the economic downturn, a Member has a substantial claim of many millions of dollars against a time charterer following the charterer's repudiation of a five year charter. The charterer has…

Defective bunkers were supplied to a ship chartered out by a Member which caused substantial damage to the ship's engines and loss of earnings during repairs. A claim was brought against the…

A charterer declared a ship off hire alleging that the ship's condition rendered her unseaworthy and that the ship had been rejected by cargo interests. The Club appointed an independent surveyor to…

A cruise ship owner contracted with a shipyard to perform a major conversion project on the ship. However, the early stages of the project ran behind time and in order to minimise disputation to it…

The demise of the OW Bunker group of companies in November, 2014, provoked litigation worldwide. In this industry leading case the Club supported the owner of the RES COGITANS in its efforts to avoid…

In this case the sub-charterer of the ship argued that the requirement for a disponent owner to seek permission from a head owner to transit the Gulf of Aden evinced an intention not to perform its…

Following a major collision in 2009 the Member declared the ship to be a constructive total loss (“CTL”) and terminated its charter with Bunge. Bunge disputed that the ship was a CTL and challenged…