Steel Shipments to Australia-Seaworthiness Obligations (The Second Trial) 19 July 2007 No.547 From a report presented by Holman Fenwick & Willan, our correspondent in Australia Attached please find a report from our correspondents in Melbourne, Australia, HolmanFenwick & Willan about a recent decision handed down by the Full Court of the FederalCourt on the matter of corrosion damage to the steel coils caused by condensation withinthe cargo hold together with our free Japanese translation. This is the follow up report of our Japan P&I News No. 536 dated 13th October 2006. The Full Court upheld the decision at first instance and that the majority found thatthe cargo interests had established a cause of action against the "carrier" pursuant to Article 3 Rule 2 of the Australian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991. As such, the decision appears to represent an extension of the degree of due diligence which must be exercised by a "carrier" when considering the cargo worthiness of its vessels for the carriage of particular cargoes. We hope this would be of your help. 805.pdf (30KB) Case Study Court Decision Oceania Japan P&I News ロスプリベンション Japan P&I News ナイロビ条約 日本 組合員限定 --> Most read News Steel Shipments to Australia-Seaworthiness Obligations Correspondent in Vitoria, Brazil Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. v Regal-Beloit Corporation  (US Supreme Court, 21st June 2010)