Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

By a charterparty dated 16 October 1981 the vessel Antonis P Lemos was sub-chartered to the respondents by disponent owners. On 21 September 1981 the respondents had voyage-chartered the vessel to Agri Industries. Under this voyage charter the..

The vessel was time-chartered under the NYPE form. The relevant clauses, as amended, read: - 8. . . . The Captain (although appointed by the owners) shall be under the orders and directions of the charterers as regards employment and agency; and..

The defendant charterers chartered the vessel Altus from the plaintiff disponent owners on the Exxonvoy 69 form. The vessel was to load a cargo of crude oil in North Africa for carriage to Italy. The vessel went to Ashtart. Loading took place from..

The charterparty provided that the vessel should load a minimum of 40,000 tons of crude oil. In fact the vessel only loaded 34,447 tons. The charterers had paid deadfreight on the difference, but the charterparty provided for demurrage at 285% on..

The plaintiff cargo interests wished to bring proceedings in respect of a claim for cargo carried in the vessel Al-Fajr Al-Saudi I . They arrested another vessel, the Saqr Jubail , in England on the basis that the Saqr Jubail was a sister-ship. The..

The shipowners contended that when the arbitrators quantified the charters’ counterclaim they did not credit to the owners $17,092 admitted to be due to them from the charterers. The arbitrators had provided the parties with reasons under the..

The vessel was chartered for one year on the Shelltime 3 form. Clause 24 contained detailed provisions relating to the vessel’s speed and fuel consumption and provided that hire should be reduced or increased according to whether actual..