Fulton Shipping Inc of Panama v Globalia Business Travel S.A.U. (formerly Travelplan S.A.U) of Spain
Decision date: 21 May 2014
Neutral citation: [2014] EWHC 1547 (Comm)
Court: High Court (Commercial Court)
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This dispute concerned whether owners who sold a vessel after charterers' anticipatory repudiation must give the charterers credit for the difference between the sale price at the date of sale and the vessel's value at the contractual redelivery date. The arbitrator had allowed such a credit to the charterers; on appeal the High Court allowed the appeal.
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