LORD MARINE CO SA V VIMEKSIM SRB DOO

[2024] EWHC 3305 (Comm), King's Bench Division (Commercial Court), Mr Justice Bryan, 14 October 2024

Charterparty (voyage) – Bills of lading – Lien on freight – Freight unpaid – Cargo discharged into storage – Shipowner seeking order for sale of cargo – Exercise of lien in support of arbitration – Arbitration Act 1996, section 44

The applicant shipowner Lord Marine applied for an order under section 44 of the Arbitration Act 1996 for the sale of cargo over which it held a contractual lien to secure payment of freight.