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Shipowner, not time charterer, liable to be sued for damaged goods
(Shipping Times)
May 21, 1999
By Selva Kumar
A SHIPOWNER has been held to be the party that is liable to be sued for damaged goods although the bills of lading for the goods were issued by the vessel's time charterer with the bills referring to the time charterer as the carrier.
The English Admiralty Court has held that the bills had to be read as a whole and gave effect to clauses ...... Read more on Shipping Times
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