REY BANANO DEL PACIFICO C.A. AND OTHERS v. TRANSPORTES NAVIEROS ECUATORIANOS AND ANOTHER (THE “ISLA FERNANDINA”)

[2000] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 15

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Langley

Charter-party (Voyage) - Unseaworthiness - Damage to cargo - Properly man and equip ship - Carriage of cargo of green bananas from Ecuador to Libya and Russia - Bosun seriously injured and died - Vessel turned towards Cartagena to disembark body - Vessel grounded - Cargo sold to third claimant c.i.f. Genoa - Vessel’s generators failed - Cargo arrived in Genoa damaged - Liability for and cause of grounding - Whether vessel unseaworthy - Whether failure to properly man and equip vessel - Whether failure to look after cargo properly - Whether claimant entitled to damages.