HARMONY INNOVATION SHIPPING PTE LTD v CARAVEL SHIPPING INC (THE “UNIVERSAL BREMEN”)

[2020] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 206

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Sir Cranston

Practice – Mandatory injunction – Letter of indemnity – Cargo of coal discharged without bills of lading – Head charterer and sub-charterer providing back-to-back letters of indemnity – Bank arresting vessel in Singapore – Court granting head charterer mandatory injunction requiring sub-charterer to provide security and take all necessary steps to secure release of vessel – Sub-charterer applying to discharge injunction – Whether triable issue that cargo had been delivered – Whether injunction should be discharged.