Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The vessel Caroline P was charterd on the NYPE form. Clause 8 provided: . . . The Captain . . . shall be under the orders and directions of the charterers as regards employment and agency . . . and . . . the Captain . . . is to sign bills of lading..

Beacham were shippers of a cargo of soyabeam oil from New Orleans to Karachi and were assignees of the rights of the cargo receivers. Navigazione Alta Italia SpA were the owners of the vessel in which the cargo was carried. Beacham sought to claim..

The preamble to the charterparty provided: Vessel to be nominated 20 days prior to the vessel’s ETA . . . the said vessel shall with all convenient speed sail and proceed to . . . 1 safe port in U.S. Gulf . . . and there load a cargo of wheat..

Derby agreed to sell a quantity of naphtha to P & O. The terms were c.i.f. one safe berth Sines, Portugal. The contract included the 1980 INCOTERMS plus latest amendments. Article B7 of the INCOTERMS provided: The buyer must pay all Customs..

At a recent London Arbitration the dispute related to the commencement of laytime where the vessel had arrived off the port but could not berth because of bad weather. The sole arbitrator considered the legal guidelines relating to the following..