- Cited — AP Moller-Maersk A/S (t/a Maersk Line) v Kyokuyo Ltd 2018-04-17
“…She submitted that the decision of the Court of Appeal in River Gurara v Nigerian National Shipping Line Ltd [1998] QB 610 did not establish that the container could never be a “package” for the purposes of Article IV rule 5 of the Hague Rules.…”
- Cited — AP Moller-Maersk A/S (t/a Maersk Line) v Kyokuyo Ltd 2018-04-17
“…quently abandoned by United States courts. The functional economics test had also been rejected in this jurisdiction by the Court of Appeal in The River Gurara [1998] QB 610 and in Australia by the Federal Court in El Greco.…”
- Cited — AP Moller-Maersk A/S (t/a Maersk Line) v Kyokuyo Ltd 2018-04-17
“…nited States District Court in Seattle in The Aegis Spirit 414 F.Supp 894 at 902; [1977] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 93 at 100-101, quoted by Phillips LJ in The River Gurara [1998] QB 610B-G. As Phillips LJ noted at 621-3, the “functional economics” test was abandoned by United States courts, including the Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit …”
- Applied — Sea Tank Shipping AS v Vinnlustodin HF Vatryggingafelag Islands FH 2018-02-22
“… construction froze the Hague Rules in the economics of the 1920s and that this time-bound approach was not that adopted by the Courts, citing The River Gurara [1998] QB 610 where the Court of Appeal applied the Rules to containerised transport even though that was unknown when the Rules were enacted. This criticism is unwarranted …”
- Cited — Sea Tank Shipping AS v Vinnlustodin HF Vatryggingafelag Islands FH 2018-02-22
“…Mr Debattista placed some emphasis in his submissions on the decision of the Court of Appeal in River Gurara v Nigerian National Shipping Line Ltd [1998] QB 610. In that case, the ship, carrying a cargo of containers, stranded and was a total loss. The bills of lading described the cargo said by the shippers to be with…”