A bid to save EUR 72,500 ($99,000) on insurance cover for a major jumboisation project appears set to rebound on the shipowner and his insurers.

A London court has ruled that the owner waived the right to bring a claim against Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven following a serious fire on the ship and that the BMT marine surveying company can also not bring legal against the German shipyard.

Smoke billows from the Cala Palma at the Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven yard.