Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty – Speed and consumption – Charterers making deductions for off-hire relying on vessel’s underperformance – Whether charterers subsequently entitled to assert claims for breach of warranty – Whether charterers’ performance claims time-barred – Whether average speed warranty related to each voyage or to whole charter period – Interpretation of contractual “good weather” provision – Whether weather “reports” included ship’s deck log in addition to “independent weather bureau” reports – Whether consumption warranty applied at date of delivery or throughout charter period

Practice – Costs – Arbitration – Respondent accepting claimant’s offer of settlement made prior to publication of arbitration award and expressed to be equivalent to CPR Part 36 Offer – Whether claimant entitled to costs on indemnity basis and enhanced interest