Matter
Aramis Entreprises Company v Tranvast Shipping co Limited (Paris Court of Appeal 23/15198)
- 6 December 2016France
6 December 2016France
Order of the Dunkerque Commercial Court dated 6 December 2016
Dunkerque Commercial Court
- Decision summary
- The President of the Dunkerque Commercial Court authorized Aramis to seize the bauxite cargo conservatorily and consign it with a third party to secure its claims for unpaid freight and bunkers.
3 days later · 3 days
- 9 December 2016France
9 December 2016France
Order of the Dunkerque Commercial Court dated 9 December 2016
Dunkerque Commercial Court
- Decision summary
- The President of the Dunkerque Commercial Court authorized the conservatory seizure and third-party consignment of the cargo to secure Aramis’s claims for unpaid freight and bunkers.
11 days later · 11 days
- 20 December 2016France
20 December 2016France
Interim order of the Dunkerque Commercial Court dated 20 December 2016
Dunkerque Commercial Court
- Decision summary
- The President of the Dunkerque Commercial Court confirmed the joined proceedings, limited the seizures to 70 tonnes of bauxite against USD 10,000 security, declined to order sale of the remaining cargo, and divided costs between Aramis and Tranvast.
4 months and 7 days later · 128 days
- 27 April 2017France
27 April 2017France
Judgment of the Douai Court of Appeal dated 27 April 2017
Douai Court of Appeal
- Decision summary
- The Douai Court of Appeal ordered release of the two cargo seizures, rejected Aramis’s claims, recorded Traxys’s USD 9,500 undertaking tied to a final arbitral award, and ordered Aramis to pay Traxys EUR 10,000 under article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure.
18 days later · 18 days
- 15 May 2017Arbitration
15 May 2017Arbitration
Arbitral award dated 15 May 2017
- Decision summary
- The arbitral award condemned Tranvast Shipping to pay Aramis Entreprises Company; Traxys later paid USD 9,500 to Aramis in execution of that award.
Supporting details
2 participantsAramis Entreprises Company
Tranvast Shipping co Limited
1 year, 7 months and 4 days later · 583 days
- 19 December 2018France
19 December 2018France
Judgment of the French Court of Cassation dated 19 December 2018
French Court of Cassation, Commercial, Financial and Economic Chamber
- Decision summary
- The French Court of Cassation quashed the Douai Court of Appeal judgment of 27 April 2017 for raising the absence of a connection between Aramis’s claim and the cargo without inviting the parties to address it, and remitted the case to the Douai Court of Appeal.
1 year, 6 months and 6 days later · 554 days
- 25 June 2020France
25 June 2020France
Judgment of the Douai Court of Appeal dated 25 June 2020
Douai Court of Appeal, Chamber 2, Section 1
- Decision summary
- The Douai Court of Appeal reversed the Dunkerque interim order and required Traxys to return or consign 2,930 tonnes of bauxite to secure Aramis’s claimed unpaid freight and bunkers, awarding Aramis EUR 10,000 in appeal costs.
2 years, 11 months and 20 days later · 1084 days
- 14 June 2023France
14 June 2023France
Judgment of the French Court of Cassation dated 14 June 2023
French Court of Cassation, Commercial, Financial and Economic Chamber
- Decision summary
- The French Court of Cassation quashed the Douai judgment of 25 June 2020 because it had not established the required material or legal connection between Aramis’s claim and cargo owned by a third party, and remitted the case to the Paris Court of Appeal.
1 year, 9 months and 13 days later · 652 days
- 27 March 2025France
27 March 2025France
Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal in case 23/15198 dated 27 March 2025
Paris Court of Appeal, Division 5, Chamber 5
- Decision summary
- On remand, the Paris Court of Appeal held that Aramis could not enforce contractual or legal retention rights against Traxys’s cargo because the contractual and material connections were not established and Traxys had paid the remaining freight. It ordered release of both seizures, rejected Aramis’s restitution and consignment claims, and ordered Aramis to pay Traxys EUR 15,000 under article 700 of the French Code of Civil Procedure and the costs.
Supporting details
12 authorities · 11 participantsAramis Entreprises Company
- Representative
- Marion Charbonnier (For: Aramis Entreprises Company)
- Representative
- Henri Najjar (For: Aramis Entreprises Company)
S.A.S. Traxys France
- Representative
- François Teytaud (For: S.A.S. Traxys France)
- Representative
- Christophe Nicolas (For: S.A.S. Traxys France)
Tranvast Shipping co Limited
Paris Court of Appeal, Division 5, Chamber 5
- Judge
- Nathalie Renard
- Judge
- Christine Soudry
Other
- Court Reporter
- Maxime Martinez