Bow Spring号船舶的船东诉 Manzanillo II号船舶船东 [2003] EWHC 1802 （英国）

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1、NeutralCitationNumber:[2003]EWHC1802(Admlty)CaseNo:2001Folio746INTHEHIGHCOURTOFJUSTICEQUEENSBENCHDIVISIONADMIRALTYCOURTADMIRALTYactioninremagainst:TheShip"MANZANILLOII"RoyalCourtsofJusticeStrand,London,WC2A2LL22July2003Before:THEHONOURABLEMRJUSTICEDAVIDSTEEL(sittingwithCaptainI.GibbandCaptainD

2、.V.Richards,ElderBrethrenofTrinityHouseasNauticalAssessors)____________________THEOWNEROFTHESHIP"BOWSPRING"Claimants-and-THEOWNERSOFTHESHIP"MANZANILLOII"Defendants____________________SimonKverndalQC(instructedbyJacksonPartonfortheClaimants)NigelMeesonQC(instructedbyHillTaylorDickinsonfortheDef

3、endants)____________________HTMLVERSIONOFJUDGMENT____________________MrJusticeDavidSteel:Introduction1.Thiscase,toquoteLangtonJinThePembrokeshire(1936)55Ll.L.Rep.77"belongstoasmallbutinterestingclass,becausetheclaimarisesnotoutofacollision,butoutofwhatisknowninriversidelanguageas"puttingby"".2

4、.TheclaimisfordamagessufferedasaresultofthegroundingoftheClaimant'schemicaltanker"BowSpring"intheNorthernBy-passChanneloftheSuezCanalatabout1800pd4mlevaluationcopy.visithttp://pd4ml.comtanker"BowSpring"intheNorthernBy-passChanneloftheSuezCanalatabout1800hourslocaltimeonthe8thJuly1999.BowSpring

5、'scaseisthatshedeliberatelybeachedherselfjustoutsidetheEasternedgeofthechannelinordertoavoidariskofcollisionwiththeDefendant'sdredgerManzanilloIIwhichappearedtobeshapingtoenterthechannel.3.AlbeitintheeventBowSpringwasabletorefloatherselfrelativelyeasily,intheprocessshelosthalfherrudderwhichint

6、urncauseddamagetoherpropeller.Thevesselsandtheircases4.BowSpringisachemicaltankerof17,651grt,170.53metresinlengthand25.33metresinbeam.Shewaspoweredbydieselenginesof17,000hp.Atthematerialtime,shewasfullyladenwithflammableandexplosivecargoes.Shewasdrawing11.05metresfwdand11.2metresaft.5.Manzanil

7、loIIisatrailersuctionhopperdredgerof115metresinlengthand19metresinbeam.Sheispoweredbytwoenginestotalling4,710kilowattsattachedtocontrollablepitchpropellers.Sheisalsofittedwithbowthrusters.Herdraughtwasabout3.2metresforeandaft.6.Theweath