Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Professor Robert Merkin KC and James Clanchy FCIArb

Document

Carboex SA v Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse SA - QBD (Com Ct)(Field J) - 12 May 2011

Charles Kimmins QC and Socrates Papadopoulos (Thomas Cooper) for the charterers; SiobÃÂ¡n Healy QC and Jessica Sutherland (Reed Smith) for the owners.

(2011) 822 LMLN 1

Demurrage - Strike - Berth charter - Exception clause providing that time not to count if discharge delayed by strike - Vessel delayed in getting into berth due to congestion caused by effects of strike - Strike ending before vessel berthed and not directly affecting discharge - Whether delay counted as laytime

Four vessels were chartered, each under a contract of affreightment (“COA”) on the AmWelsh voyage charterparty form as amended, for the carriage of coal from Indonesia to Puerto de Ferrol in Spain. Standard clause 9 of the AmWelsh form, as amended, provided:

The rest of this document is only available to i-law.com online subscribers.

If you are already a subscriber, click Log In button.

Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Carboex SA v Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse SA - QBD (Com Ct)(Field J) - 12 May 2011

Charles Kimmins QC and Socrates Papadopoulos (Thomas Cooper) for the charterers; SiobÃÂ¡n Healy QC and Jessica Sutherland (Reed Smith) for the owners.

Charles Kimmins QC and Socrates Papadopoulos (Thomas Cooper) for the charterers; SiobÃÂ¡n Healy QC and Jessica Sutherland (Reed Smith) for the owners.