ALIZE 1954 AND ANOTHER v ALLIANZ ELEMENTAR VERSICHERUNGS AG AND OTHERS (THE “CMA CGM LIBRA”)

[2019] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 595

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr Justice Teare

General average – Vessel grounding on uncharted shoal leaving port of Xiamen – Whether cargo interests obliged to contribute to general average – Whether actionable fault on part of owners – Whether vessel's passage plan defective – Whether defective passage plan made vessel unseaworthy – Whether owners failed to exercise due diligence – York-Antwerp Rules – Hague Rules, article III, rule 1.