NAUTICAL CHALLENGE LTD v EVERGREEN MARINE (UK) LTD (THE “ALEXANDRA 1” AND “EVER SMART”)

[2021] Lloyd's Rep. Plus 64

SUPREME COURT

Before Lord Lloyd-Jones JSC, Lord Briggs JSC, Lady Arden JSC, Lord Hamblen JSC and Lord Burrows JSC, Sitting with Captain N Palmer OBE MNM and Commander N Hare RN, as Nautical Assessors

Collision – Crossing vessels – Liability – Collision between inbound and outbound vessels in pilot boarding area just outside narrow channel to Port of Jebel Ali – Whether crossing rules applied – Whether give-way vessel had to be on steady course for crossing rules to apply – International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972, rules 15, 16 and 17.