On 4 July 2025, the Maritime and Commercial High Court delivered a ruling in a case concerning a shipping company’s right to limit its liability under Chapter 9 of the Danish Maritime Act (on global limitation of liability) for damage caused to an electricity transmission cable between Sweden and Bornholm. The shipowner contended that it could limit its liability pursuant to Section 171, cf. Section 172(1) of the Act, and that there were no grounds for breaking the limitation of liability under Section 174. Accordingly, the issue of whether the shipowner was entitled to invoke the limitation of liability provision in Section 171 of the Danish Maritime Act was separated for a distinct ruling.
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