LOF statistics

Table of statistics for Lloyd's Open Form (LOF). Includes number of cases, settlements, awards and other information since 1990.

 

Lloyd's Form of Salvage Agreement statistics as at the end of 2011. Please note that the figures shown in the column 'Total Salvage Award' do not include those amounts awarded in cases that remain subject to an Appeal Award.  

 

Year
New Cases
Scopic Invoked
Settlements
Salvage Awards Published (Original) Salvage Awards Published (Appeal)
Total Salvage Award (and %paid through Lloyd's - $1,000)
Article 14/SCOPIC Awards Published (Original)
Article 14/SCOPIC Awards Published (Appeal)
Total Article 14/SCOPIC Awards*
1990 178
n/a 91
51
31
$27,589 (77%)
-
-
-
1991
173
n/a 127
63
21
$33,622 (76%)
-
-
-
1992
169
n/a 105
72
22
$53,825 (81%)
2
-
$1,718,373
1993
156
n/a 104
58
16
$28,980 (58%)
4
-
$707,128
1994
142
n/a 110
40
18
$39,633 (69%)
3
2
$948,881
1995
121
n/a 78
47
25
$36,745 (85%)
2
-
$318,633
1996
121
n/a 94
24
15
$37,528 (85%)
2
2
$1,485,719
1997
104
n/a 75
33
16
$24,656 (77%)
2+
1
$3,154,183
1998
100
n/a 64
30
10
$20,579 (83%)
3
1
$1,970,944
1999
123
14
77
30
11
$26,020 (84%)
-
2
$2,564,654
2000
133
16
67
22
13
$28,030 (77%)
-
-
-
2001
108
23
82
35
17
$26,904 (78%)
3
-
$2,662,876
2002
104
18
55
32
15
$39,422 (72%)
1
-
$555,692
2003
89
27
46
29
11
$24,919 (84%)
1
-
$1,088,143
2004
91
13
64
14
6
$14,318 (89%)
-
-
-
2005

109
20 46
18
5
$14,193
(88%)
-
-
-
2006 80# 11 40 19 3 $11,672
(79%)
- - -
2007 107# 23 43 22 11 $58,168
(59%)
- - -
2008 83# 15 46 20 9 $21,385 (60%) 2 - $8,141,794
2009 122# 17 42 16 7 $116,766,(75%)
0 0 0
2010 111# 21 38 16 3

$9,462 (97%)

0 0 0
2011 106# 11 49 9 3 $29,440 (63%) 0 0 0

 

# 2006 - includes 13 yacht cases 

   2007 - includes 12 yacht cases 

   2008 - includes 4 yacht case

   2009 - includes 43 yacht cases

   2010 - includes 50 yacht cases

   2011 - includes 36 yacht cases

* Article 14 Awards/Scopic Awards

+ The Award was for $4,000,000 and was appealed, however, the case was settled before the appeal arbitration was head. The settlement is believed to have reduced the Award by 4.4%.

Salvage Awards 2011 - The Council of Lloyd's also published 2 Award relating to costs which are not included in the above statistics.


VALUES

(amounts shown in $1,000,000)

Year
Ship
Cargo
Other
Total
%Awards to Values
1990
$284.2
$268.6
$6.9
$559.7
4.9
1991
$277.3
$323.5
$12.5
$613.3
5.5
1992
$389.4
$436.2
$17.8
$843.4
6.4
1993
$150.4
$169.3
$4.0 $323.7
8.9
1994
$119.2
$178.2
$6.7
$304.1
13.0
1995
$193.3
$244.0
$5.6
$442.9
8.3
1996
$182.9
$111.0
$4.2
$295.1
12.5
1997
$169.1
$326.4
$13.0
$508.5
4.8
1998
$101.0
$61.0
$3.8
$165.8
12.5
1999
$53.3
$79.9
$5.8
$139.0
18.8
2000
$61.0
$194.4
$7.5
$262.5
10.7
2001
$50.9
$107.6 $2.5
$161.0
16.7
2002
$81.5
$173.3
$6.6
$264.4
14.2
2003
$72.8
$94.0
$2.3
$169.1
14.7
2004
$47.1
$93.9
$3.9
$144.9
9.9
2005
$64.5 
$119.8
$1.3
$181.6
7.8 
2006 $53.7 $31.6 $0.5 $85.8 13.6
2007
$172.6 $210.6 $9.5 $392.7 14.8
2008
$203.8 $92.0 $3.6 $299.4 7.1
2009 $161.2 $401.0 $8.9 $571.1 20.4
2010 $26.9 $37.7 $1.3 $65.9 14.4
2011 $25.0 $43.8 $0.5 $69.3 42.5**
** This figure is affected by several Awards issued in complex, low value cases against unrepresented interests, represented parties having already settled their porportion of the Salvors' claim.
 

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