Vessel unseaworthy because of crew’s failure to update navigation chart

Vessel unseaworthy because of crew’s failure to update navigation chart
December 13, 2021

A container ship which left port with a defective navigation chart, causing it to be grounded, was “unseaworthy” for the purposes of the Hague Rules relating to carriers’ liability, notwithstanding that the error was a navigational fault by the crew, with the result that the shipowners could not claim general average against the cargo interests for the costs of the salvage operation.

The Supreme Court so held in dismissing an appeal by the shipowners, Alize 1954 and CMA CGM SA, against the upholding by the Court of Appeal.... login to continue....https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vessel-unseaworthy-because-of-crews-f...