VINMAR INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND ANOTHER v. THERESA NAVIGATION S.A.

[2001] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 1

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Tomlinson

Carriage by sea - Damage to cargo - Quantum of damages - Vessel unfit to carry cargo - Owners failed in duty to exercise due diligence to clean or purge vessel’s tanks and lines of previous cargo - Owners alleged grossness of contamination observed at initial stage of loading but cargo-owners continued loading - Whether causal link between owners’ admitted breach and ensuing contamination of balance of cargo broken - Quantum of damages.