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Home Publications Articles Safe Ports and Times of Unrest – FAQs Safe Ports and Times of Unrest – FAQs Updated 28 February Articles Published: February 28, 2026 Download article pdf In each case the position will very much depend upon the exact circumstances, place and port where the vessel has been ordered as the situ
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Home Publications Articles Employment Orders: FAQs Employment Orders: FAQs A Charterer’s right to employ the vessel and provide orders to the Master or Owner is a key feature of a time charter. In this article, some of the key points to take into consideration when either giving or considering employment orders are di
Introduction Home / News / Club News / U.S. Port Fees on Chinese-Built Vessels: Legal Challenges and Market Disruptions Club News U.S. Port Fees on Chinese-Built Vessels: Legal Challenges and Market Disruptions 21 March, 2025 Introduction The U.S. government is considering…
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Home Publications Articles Off-Hire: FAQs Off-Hire: FAQs Off-hire clauses are a critical component of time charter agreements. For both Owners and Charterers alike, understanding the nuances of these clauses is essential in managing disputes, and ensuring operational clarity.
Last week BIMCO adopted the FuelEU Maritime Clause for Time Charter Parties 2024 which is drafted for incorporation into time charterparties.
Home Publications Articles External events, delay and who pays External events, delay and who pays A number of issues can arise for shipowners and charterers when faced with a loss of time caused by external events outside their control. For example, the closure of a waterway that prevents a vessel from leaving or ent
Home Publications Articles MT Polar - UK Supreme Court - implying an insurance code or fund into a charterparty MT Polar - UK Supreme Court - implying an insurance code or fund into a charterparty MT Polar - UK Supreme Court - implying an insurance code or fund into a charterparty Explore this recently published articl
Home Publications Articles Covid-19 and Off-hire Covid-19 and Off-hire Publications Owen Fry Published: May 04, 2023 Contact author Download article pdf Although the scale and reach of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic went beyond anything experienced in living memory, the possibility of delays to shipping
Home Publications Articles "Pay now, argue later" "Pay now, argue later" The English High Court considers hire anti-deduction clauses In Fastfreight Pte Ltd v Bulk Trident Shipping Ltd (The Anna Dorothea) [2023] EWHC 105 (Comm) the Commercial Court considered an appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 of a
Owners, the Club’s Member, time chartered their vessel to Bostomar Bulk Shipping Pte Ltd. As is usual under the terms of a time charter party, charterers were responsible for supplying and paying for bunkers and the charter (which was subject to Singapore arbitration) also included a clause stating...
By: Oliver Hutton, Senior Claims Executive,Team Piraeus and Haris Zografakis, Partner, Stephenson Harwood, London
BIMCO has recently published a sanctions clause for use in container vessel time charter parties 2021.
The chartering of ships, like any other business, comes with risks that the business counterparts do not honour their obligations to pay. Some owners (including head owners and disponent owners) believe that their position should be relatively secure given the various rights and remedies written in the charterparties
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VLCC, LMAA arbitration award, Arbitration Act, fixture, time charter Home Publications Articles Damages for Breach of Oil Majors Clause Damages for Breach of Oil Majors Clause Articles Jeff Cox Published: January 22, 2019 Contact author Download article pdf Image A v B [2018] EWHC 2325 (Comm) This Co
It is common in the chartering business for a vessel to have three or more parties in the charterparty chain. A relatively simple (and usual) pattern is that the headowner charters the vessel to a time charterer, who then sub-charters vessel to a voyage charterer.
The situation The shipping world is facing a significant challenge following the outbreak of the Ebola virus, with potentially dramatic implications for shipowners involved in trade to and from Western Africa. The legal implications may vary from case to case depending on the underlying contract, and more specific adv
The presence of Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) egg mass has recently caused a vessel entered with our association to be ordered off the national waters of Canada after AGM was found on board the vessel on inspection at Vancouver, British Colombia. Following cleaning and re-inspection the vessel was considered clean and was al