THE “HAGIENI” AND “BARBAROSSA”

[2000] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 292

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(ADMIRALTY COURT)

Before Mr. Justice David Steel Sitting with Captain C.M.C. Stewart and Captain J. Burton-Hall, R.D. Elder Brethren of Trinity House as Nautical Assessors

Collision - Liability - Apportionment - Collision in Bosphorus between Romanian cargo ship and Italian chemical tanker - Traffic separation scheme in Bosphorus - Chemical tanker failed to maintain position in her own northbound lane and altered to starboard at late stage - Whether cargo ship at fault in effecting turn to port shortly before collision - Appropriate apportionment of liability.