Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

A dispute arose under a charterparty in relation to demurrage. The charterers admitted that the vessel was on demurrage for 24 days and 47 minutes and paid the relevant amount of 23 February 1981. The matter went to arbitration. The umpire found..

Clause 62 of the NYPE charterparty in this case provided that owners agreed that liability for cargo claims, as between owners and charterers, should be apportioned as specified by the Inter-Club Agreement. The clause in the printed form of the..

Damage to cargo carried under a NYPE time charter was caused by bad stowage. The owners settled the claim made under the bill of lading. The charterers did not dispute that the settlement was reasonable but only indemnified the owners with respect..

Clause 30 of the charter provided: Should the master at any time suspect damage to his vessel, which is the charterers’ responsibility, he must advise immediately charterers latest within 48 hours after the suspected occurency of damage, other..

“The charterers said that the overall period of hire should be calculated on the basis of local times at delivery and re-delivery. The owners said that the same time standard should be adopted throughout. That meant that the owners claimed..

Both these arbitrations dealt with the relationship of the NYPE Inter-Club Agreement with the express terms of the charterparties. Clause (1)(ii)(a) of the Inter-Club Agreement provided: For the Agreement to apply, the cargo responsibility clauses..