THE OWNERS OF AND/OR OTHER PERSONS ENTITLED v THE OWNERS AND/OR DEMISE CHARTERERS OF THE SHIP OR VESSEL "JIAN SHE 33" OF THE PORT OF PANAMA

Read the full judgment text of HCAJ 000221/2000 on BabelCite. This HCAJ judgment was delivered on 28 March 2001.

1. There are three admiralty actions before me, namely, HCAJ221 of 2000, HCAJ232 of 2000 and HCAJ7 of 2001. In respect of each of which, the plaintiffs, as owners of cargo on board respectively "JIAN SHE 33" in relation to HCAJ221 of 2000 and "JIAN SHE 32" in relation to HACJ232 of 2000 and HCAJ7 of 2001, claimed for misdelivery of cargoes consigned to these ships. The ships in question were demise chartered on a long term basis to a company which we have called China Shipping Development Limite