ALIANCA NAVEGACAO E LOGISTICA LTDA v AMEROPA SA (THE “SANTA ISABELLA”)

[2020] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 30

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Andrew Henshaw QC (sitting as a Judge of the High Court)

Charterparty (Voyage) – Delay in discharging – Whether vessel took usual and reasonable route – Whether owners failed to take proper care of cargo – Whether vessel failed adequately to ventilate cargo – Whether vessel failed to fumigate adequately – Whether quarantine exception applied – Cause of delay in discharging – Hague-Visby Rules, article III, rule 2.