“…ider the various English and Commonwealth authorities, culminating in the decision of Sir Jeremy Cooke in Vinnlustodin HF v Sea Tank Shipping AS (“The Aqasia”) [2016] EWHC 2514 (Comm); [2016] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 510, together with the travaux préparatoires for the Hague Rules and the academic commentaries. He reached the conclusion at [87] that ea…”
“…tion that in cases concerning bulk cargoes “unit” should be taken to mean “freight unit” or “customary freight unit”. In Vinnlustodin HF v Sea Tank Shipping AS [2016] EWHC 2514 (Comm) Sir Jeremy Cooke disagreed and held that the word “unit” was not apt to apply to bulk cargoes, meaning that the package limitation provision of Art. IV of the …”