CEHAVE v BREMER, THE HANSA NORD (1976)*

The German sellers agreed to sell to Dutch buyers 12,000 tons of US citrus pulp pellets for use as animal feed. The contract provided 'shipment to be made in good condition'. Following payment of the price of £100,000 by the buyers and receipt of shipping documents, a shipment arrived at the destination port. By this time, the market price of citrus pulp pellets had fallen. Some of the cargo was found to be damaged. The buyers rejected the whole cargo and…