Hearings
[1963] 2 Lloyd's Rep 155
21 Nov 1963 [1964] 2 QB 226; [1964] 2 WLR 114; [1964] 1 All ER 161; [1963] 2 Lloyd's Rep 381, CA
The Eugenia
Ships
Eugenia
Additional names
Ocean Tramp Tankers Corpn v V/O Sovfracht
Subject Matter
CONTRACT — Frustration — Charterparty — Time charter for one voyage — Voyage from Black Sea to India — Ship trapped in Suez Canal — Whether fundamentally different situation resulted from blocking of the canal
[1964] 2 QB 226; [1964] 2 WLR 114
SHIPPING — Charterparty — Time or voyage charter — “Time” charter for single voyage — War clause — Suez incident — Ship ordered into canal — Whether breach by charterers — Whether voyage frustrated
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: The Eugenia [1964] 2 QB 226; [1964] 2 WLR 114; [1964] 1 All ER 161; [1963] 2 Lloyd's Rep 381, CA
Société Franco Tunisienne D’Armement v Sidermar SPA [1961] 2 QB 278; [1960] 3 WLR 701; [1960] 2 All ER 529 Overruled
Davis Contractors Ltd v Fareham Urban District Council [1956] AC 696; [1956] 3 WLR 37, HL(E) Observations of Lord Radcliffe applied; [1956] AC 696, 729
Subsequent Consideration
Cases subsequently considering: The Eugenia [1964] 2 QB 226; [1964] 2 WLR 114; [1964] 1 All ER 161; [1963] 2 Lloyd's Rep 381, CA
Applied in American Trading and Production Corpn v Shell International Marine Ltd [1972] 1 Lloyd's Rep 463
Applied in The Captain George K [1970] 2 Lloyd's Rep 21
Cases citing
Cases citing: The Eugenia [1964] 2 QB 226; [1964] 2 WLR 114; [1964] 1 All ER 161; [1963] 2 Lloyd's Rep 381, CA
BP Exploration Co (Libya) Ltd v Hunt (No 2) [1979] 1 WLR 783, QBD
CTI Group Inc v Transclear SA [2008] EWCA Civ 856; [2008] Bus LR 1729; [2009] 2 All ER (Comm) 25; [2008] 2 Lloyd's Rep 526, CA
E Johnson & Co (Barbados) Ltd v NSR Ltd [1996] UKPC 25; [1997] AC 400; [1996] 3 WLR 583, PC
Finelvet AG v Vinava Shipping Co Ltd (The Chrysalis) [1983] 1 WLR 1469; [1983] 2 All ER 658; [1983] 1 Lloyd's Rep 503; (1983) 127 SJ 680; [1983] Com LR 126, QBD
MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2024] UKSC 18; [2024] 2 WLR 1350; [2024] Bus LR 1492; [2024] 4 All ER 623; [2024] 1 Lloyd's Rep 621; The Times, 15 May 2024, SC(E)
MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2022] EWHC 467 (Comm); [2022] Bus LR 473; [2022] 2 All ER (Comm) 522; [2022] 2 Lloyd's Rep 297; [2022] WLR(D) 127, QBD
MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1406; [2023] Bus LR 355; [2023] 1 All ER (Comm) 501; [2023] 1 Lloyd's Rep 463; [2022] WLR(D) 427, CA
Multiservice Bookbinding Ltd v Marden [1979] Ch 84; [1978] 2 WLR 535; [1973] 2 All ER 489; [1978] 2 All ER 489, Ch D
Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) [1980] QB 547; [1980] 3 WLR 326; [1980] 3 All ER 117; [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 339, CA
Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) [1982] AC 724; [1981] 3 WLR 292; [1981] 2 All ER 1030; [1981] 2 Lloyd's Rep 239, HL(E)
SBT Star Bulk & Tankers (Germany) GMBH & Co KG v Cosmotrade SA [2016] EWHC 583 (Comm), QBD
SBT Star Bulk & Tankers (Germany) GmbH & Co KG v Cosmotrade SA (The Wehr Trave) [2016] EWHC 583 (Comm); [2016] 2 Lloyd's Rep 170; [2017] 1 All ER (Comm) 231, QBD
Shell UK Ltd v Lostock Garage Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 1187; [1977] 1 All ER 481, CA
Staffordshire Area Health Authority v South Staffordshire Waterworks Co [1978] 1 WLR 1387; [1978] 3 All ER 769; 77 LGR 17, CA
The Span Terza (No 2) [1983] 1 WLR 632; [1983] 1 Lloyd's Rep 441, CA
The Span Terza (No 2) [1984] 1 WLR 27; [1984] 1 Lloyd's Rep 119, HL(E)
Trade and Transport Inc v Iino Kaiun Kaisha Ltd [1973] 1 WLR 210; [1973] 2 All ER 144; [1972] 2 Lloyd's Rep 154, QBD