The Plaintiff supplied bunker services to the vessel MT Thelma in September 2010, on which it defaulted in making payment. Subsequently, MT Thelma was sold in execution of a Judgment in March 2011 and registered in the Nigerian Registry under a new name “Sea Tiger.” On a voyage to Ghana, the Plaintiff caused the vessel…
The Plaintiffs sued the Defendant, operators of the vessel KOTA MANIS for a quantity of 466 bags of rice which became mouldy on the voyage from Karachi in Pakistan to Tema, Ghana. The Plaintiffs’ action was commenced about 6 years after the event. The transaction was covered by a Bill of Lading which had a…
The Plaintiff sued the vessel MT Grace, its owners and all persons interested in the vessel for the Defendants’ failure to sell and deliver a seaworthy vessel to it after it had paid huge sums of money to the Defendants. The Plaintiff caused the arrest of the vessel when it arrived at the Tema port…
This case involved the shortage of petroleum product voyaged from Tema to Takoradi by these vessels. The shipper deducted the value of the shortage before paying the carrier its due freight. The carrier brought this action to recover deductions and partly argued inherent vice in the shipping of liquid substances as defence for the shortage….