Ship hits rocks, cargo lost, no one pays

The customer isn't always right – at least on the high seas.A long-run dispute over who pays for valuable cargo destroyed after a ship smashed into rocks had its final chapter played out in the Supreme Court – and the customer lost.In May, 200

Liam Baldwin
Wed, 19 May 2010

The customer isn’t always right – at least on the high seas.

A long-run dispute over who pays for valuable cargo destroyed after a ship smashed into rocks had its final chapter played out in the Supreme Court – and the customer lost.

In May, 2001, the former New Zealand Dairy Board had a consignment

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