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  2. Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker - Wikipedia

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    Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, 554 U.S. 471 (2008), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court ruled in a 5-3 decision that the punitive damages awarded to the victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill should be reduced from $2.5 billion to $500 million. The case was appealed from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

  3. Shipping container - Wikipedia

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    A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes. In the context of international shipping trade, "container" or "shipping container" is virtually synonymous with ...

  4. Transfield Shipping Inc v Mercator Shipping Inc - Wikipedia

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    Transfield Shipping was a charterer. It hired use of Mercator's ship, The Achilleas. Transfield was meant to have the ship for five to seven months, and return it no later than midnight on 2 May 2004. Mercator contracted to let the ship to another charterer ( Cargill International SA) on 8 May 2004 at $39,500 a day for four to six months.

  5. Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd

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    Facts. Hong Kong Fir Shipping hired out their elderly ship, [ 4] the "Hong Kong Fir", to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha under a two-year time charter-party. It was to sail in ballast from Liverpool to collect a cargo at Newport News, Virginia, and then to proceed via Panama to Osaka. A term in the charterparty agreement required the ship to be seaworthy ...

  6. Crate - Wikipedia

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    A crate used to transport ordnance. A crate is a large shipping container, often made of wood, typically used to transport or store large, heavy items. Steel and aluminium crates are also used. Specialized crates were designed for specific products, and were often made to be reusable, such as the "bottle crates" [ 1] for milk [ 2] and soft drinks.

  7. International Shipping v Bentley - Wikipedia

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    International Shipping Co (Pty) Ltd v Bentley [1] is an important case in South African law. It was heard in the Appellate Division on 25 and 26 September 1989, with judgment handed down on 10 November. The presiding officers were Corbett CJ, Botha JA, Hefer JA, Smalberger JA and Friedman AJA. The case is especially important in the law of ...

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