- International law aims to apportion risk in the transport of goods between the ship interests and cargo interests.
- Shipowners are responsible for cargo claims caused by unseaworthiness of the ship.
- But are exempt from liability for cargo claims caused by certain risks, including navigational errors.
- The decision in Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG (The “CMA CGM LIBRA”) [2020] EWCA Civ 293 shifts the boundary between “seaworthiness” and “navigation”.
- As a result shipowners happen...
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