Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Voyage charter - Gencon 1994 form - Loading ammonium nitrate in Sea of Azov - Russian authorities refusing permission to proceed into Kerch Strait - Charterers ordering the vessel to return to load port for discharge - Owners claiming damages for detention and additional expenses - War Risks ("Voywar 1993") clause - Whether charterers in breach by loading a dangerous cargo, nominating an unsafe port, failing to prepare cargo documentation required to enable the vessel to pass the Strait, failing to take action to obtain permission, and failing promptly to nominate an alternative safe port - Whether the authorities' action was arbitrary and unforeseeable and frustrated the charter.