The Law Relating to Tug and Tow |
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action Admiralty Court agreement Altair anchor applied barge blame breach charge charterer claim salvage clause Collision Regulations contract of carriage contract of towage contracted to tow Court of Appeal damage caused danger defects defendants Devonian division of loss Duc d'Aumale duty engaged fact fault Gorell Barnes held liable hire House of Lords incapable of performance infra joint negligence judgment jurisdiction in rem liable for damage Lush Lushington Maréchal Suchet Maritime Conventions Act maritime lien Merchant Shipping Act Minnehaha negligent navigation Niobe obligation ordinary towage payment personam pilotage plaintiffs Privy Council Queen of Australia question reasonable recover remuneration rendered respect rule sailing vessel salvage services salvor Samuel Evans SECT servants shipowner Sir Samuel Evans skill steam tug steam vessel steamship sued supra third parties tonnage towage contract towing vessel tug and tow tug for damage tug-owner tug's crew Valsesia vessel in tow wrongdoer
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Page 84 - ... a bright white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 20 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light 10...
Page 84 - ... points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance ot at least 2 miles.
Page 90 - Kingdom, the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, the Irish Free State and Newfoundland...
Page 86 - ... (v) A vessel when towing, a vessel engaged in laying or in picking up a submarine cable or navigation mark, and a vessel under way which is unable to get out of the way of an approaching vessel through being not under command or unable to manoeuvre as required by these Rules...
Page 87 - ... the liability to make good the damage or loss shall be in proportion to the degree in which each vessel was in fault: Provided that — (,i) if, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, it is not possible to establish different degrees of fault, the liability shall be apportioned equally...
Page 91 - In respect of loss of, or damage to, vessels, goods, merchandise, or other things, whether there be in addition loss of life or personal injury or not, an aggregate amount not exceeding eight pounds for each ton of their ship's tonnage.
Page 83 - A steam vessel when under way shall carry — (a.) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast, then in the fore part of the vessel, at a height above the hull of not less than...
Page 84 - ... (c.) On the port side, a red light, so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass; so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam...
Page 91 - ... goods, merchandise, or other things whatsoever on board any other ship or boat; be answerable in damages in respect of loss of life or personal injury, either alone or together with loss or damage to ships, boats, goods, merchandise, or other things, to an aggregate amount exceeding ,£15 for each ton of their ship's tonnage...
Page 91 - Where any damage or loss is caused to any goods, merchandise, or other things whatsoever on board the ship ; (c) Where any loss of life or personal injury is caused to any person carried in any other vessel...