PORT OF SHEERNESS LTD V SWIRE SHIPPING PTE LTD

[2025] EWHC 7 (Admlty), King's Bench Division, Admiralty Court, Admiralty Registrar Davison, 3 January 2025

Contracts – Port's terms and conditions – Construction – Cargo of hardwood timber – Collapse of stow – Vessel remaining alongside – Interpretation of period toll clause in port's terms and conditions

The defendant was the charterer and operator of the bulk carrier Kiating.