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  image credits: image generated by AI Navigating Bill of Lading Clauses: A Crucial Time Limitation Case "I recently added an important case note to the Shipping & Transport section of my DMC CaseNotes website. This case, Tanga Pharmaceuticals Plastics Limited & Ors v Emirates Shipping Line FZE (The “Alion”) , judged by the English Commercial Court, highlights a critical issue in maritime law: the precedence of incorporated Hague Rules versus contractual exculpatory clauses in bills of lading. The case revolves around the carrier's attempt to use express exculpatory clauses (specifically, clause 18) to argue that the cargo claims pursued by cargo interests were time-barred. However, cargo interests contested this position, invoking the Clause Paramount, which incorporates the Hague Rules, particularly the time limit of Article III, Rule 6, and the anti-repugnancy provision of Article III, Rule 8. The High Court held that the contractually incorporated Hague Rules take ...