Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty – Hull cleaning – Vessel spending prolonged stay in port – Owners arranging for hull to be cleaned after redelivery of vessel – Whether hull acquired “excessive marine growth” – Liability for time and expense of hull cleaning

Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Validity of appointment of arbitrator – Whether claimant’s challenge was to “substantive jurisdiction” – Whether effect of Marshall Islands statute was to extend life of company after dissolution to enable arbitration proceedings to be served on it

Charterparty - “Subjects clause” - 24 hours - Calculation of time - Meaning of “all” supporting documents - Implied obligations in subjects clause