Read the full judgment text of LDRA 000004/1980 on BabelCite. This LDRA judgment was delivered on 10 March 1982.
1. In these five consolidated appeals the appellants are the owners of the five floating dry docks at present moored in Hong Kong habour. Floating dry docks have been moored in Hong Kong for many years and used for ship repair purposes. They have always been registered as "vessels" by the Director of Marine. Section 2 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, Cap.281 defines a "vessel" as including "any floating dry dock ..." The floating dry docks are in fact registered under the Merchant Shipping (M