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Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd v Trafigura Beheer BV (The “Gaz Energy”) – QBD (Com Ct)(Flaux J) – 29 November 2011
By a time charter dated 21 November 2005 on an amended Shelltime 3 form with additional clauses and with Gas Form C, the defendant owners chartered the vessel Gaz Energy to head charterers for a period of 18 months. By a further time charter also..
Online Published Date:
09 December 2011
Appeared in issue:
836 - 09 December 2011
London Arbitration 11/11
The vessel was time chartered by her registered owners (“the owners”) to C1, who in turn sub-chartered her to C2, who in turn sub-sub-chartered her to C3 (“the charterers”) for a trip. While the vessel was waiting to load..
Online Published Date:
09 December 2011
Appeared in issue:
836 - 09 December 2011
ED & F Man Sugar Ltd v Belmont Shipping Ltd (The “Amplify”) – QBD (Com Ct)(Teare J) – 18 November 2011
The claimant charterers chartered the vessel Amplify from the defendant owners under a charterparty on an amended Sugar Charter Party 1999 form dated 30 July 2009 for a voyage from Santos, Brazil to India.
The vessel arrived at Santos on 16..
Online Published Date:
09 December 2011
Appeared in issue:
836 - 09 December 2011
London Arbitration 10/11
The vessel, a VLCC, was chartered for a voyage which included discharging at Caofeidian, China. Freight was to be payable at the rate of WS160. Normally Worldscale (WS) rates included an element for port costs. However, Worldscale did not have an..
Online Published Date:
09 December 2011
Appeared in issue:
836 - 09 December 2011
MH Progress Lines SA v Orient Shipping Rotterdam BV (The “Genius Star 1”) – QBD (Com Ct)(Teare J) – 28 November 2011
The vessel Genius Star 1 was chartered by the claimant owners to Orient Shipping (“the head charterers”) on an amended NYPE 1946 form. Clause 26 provided:
“Clause 26
… all cargo claims to be settled as per Nype Interclub..
Online Published Date:
23 December 2011
Appeared in issue:
837 - 03 January 2012
Sideridraulic Systems SpA and Anr v BBC Chartering & Logistic GmbH & Co KG (The “BBC Greenland”) – QBD (Com Ct)(Andrew Smith J) – 30 November 2011
By a fixture recap of 16 September 2009 the defendant carriers booked the carriage of two shipments of sand filter tanks, the first shipment being of 13 tanks and the second being of 10 tanks. The tanks were required for a water treatment plant and..
Online Published Date:
23 December 2011
Appeared in issue:
837 - 03 January 2012
London Arbitration 12/11
The vessel was chartered on an amended Baltime 1939 form for a period of six months plus or minus 15 days in charterers’ option. For her first voyage, the charterers had sub-chartered the vessel for the carriage of a cargo of bagged cement..
Online Published Date:
23 December 2011
Appeared in issue:
837 - 03 January 2012