Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Practice – Anti-suit injunction – Whether delay prevents grant of injunction

Charterparty – Vessel voyage-chartered by disponent owners – Charterers paying freight on signing bills of lading – Head owners preventing vessel from leaving loadport until disponent owners supplied bunkers and paid discharge port disbursements pursuant to head charterparty – Charterers agreeing to supply bunkers and settle discharge port disbursements – Charterers seeking to recover costs from disponent owners – Whether charterers’ payments a “voluntary act” on basis that cargo interests could have enforced rights against head owners under bill of lading contract

Charterparty – Value of bunkers on delivery – Balance of account – Costs