This commentary examines Unity Ship Group SA v Euroins Insurance JSC (The Happy Aras), a case on seaworthiness, crew competence, and passage planning under the Hague Rules. The vessel grounded during a voyage from Ukraine to Turkey, and cargo insurers refused to pay general average contributions, alleging the ship was unseaworthy because the master was incompetent and the voyage plan was inadequate. The court found the master’s conduct showed serious and repeated navigational failures amounting to incompetence, but held that the passage plan itself did not cause the grounding. The comment highlights the shipowner’s duty of due diligence before and at the beginning of the voyage.