In February, Fire Services Pty Ltd, an Australian company, agreed to sell an airfield fire truck valued at AUD $150,000 to Harrow International Airport, an English company. The sale was on FOB (Melbourne) terms. Harrow International Airport organised transport from the Port of Melbourne to the Port of London with an Australia shipping company, Ocean Carriers.

Despite Ocean Carriers carrying out checks on the holds and stowing systems in the cargo holds prior to the journey, during a storm in the North Pacific a lashing belt snapped causing significant damage to the front of the truck.

After arriving at the Port of London the truck was further damaged as it was being unloaded. The stevedore operator employed by the carrier was inexperienced having only recently gained the appropriate high-risk work licences required to operate a vehicle-loading machinery with a capacity of 10 metre tonnes. The operator forgot to ensure that the hoisting gear was properly engaged before attempting to life the truck from the deck of the ship. As the truck was hoisted up in the air and was approximately 2 meters above the deck, the hoisting gear uncoupled and the truck crashed back onto the deck, the ship then lurched violently and the truck rolled over and off the side, crashing onto the dock. The truck was almost completely destroyed.

Has Ocean Carriers breached any of its obligations under the Modified Hague Visby Rules? In your response remember to consider both the carrier’s obligations and available defences under the Rules. 

 

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In Fig. 12-28, a man is trying to get his car out of mud on the shoulder of a road. He ties one end of a rope tightly around the front bumper and the other end tightly around a utility pole 28 m away. He then pushes sideways on the rope at its midpoint with a force of 500 N, displacing the center of the rope 0.21 m from its previous position, and the car barely moves. What is the magnitude of the force on the car from the rope? (The rope stretches somewhat.)

 

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In Fig. 35-31a, a beam of light in material 1 is incident on aboundary at an angle of 30°. The extent to which the light is bentdue to refraction depends, in part, on the index of refraction n2 ofmaterial 2. Figure 35-31b gives the angle of refraction u2 versus n2for a range of possible n2 values, from na 1.30 to nb 1.90.Whatis the speed of light in material 1?

 

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In Fig. 9.6, a weightlifter’s barbell consists of two identical spherical masses each withradius 0.17 m and mass of 50 kg. The weights are connected by a 0.96-m steel rod withmass of 12 kg. Find the moment of inertia of the barbell through the axis at the center.

 

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In Fig. 9-47a, a 4.5 kg dog stands on an 18 kg flatboat at distance from the shore. It walks 2.4 m along the boat toward shore and then stops. Assuming no friction between the boat and the water, find how far the dog is then from the shore. (Hint: See Fig. 9-47b.)

 

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