Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty – Additional freight – Demurrage – Laytime – Notice of readiness – Costs of delay for cargo fumigation – Shifting time – Slow discharge

Charterparty – Off-hire – Vessel unable to raise anchor to proceed to berth – Whether vessel off hire – Whether anchor fouled

Shipbuilding contract – Cancelling date – “No later than” date – Failure to procure extension of refund guarantee – Innominate term – Repudiatory breach of innominate term

Charterparty – Speed and consumption claim – Bunkers on redelivery

Conflict of laws – Forum non conveniens – Collision at sea within exclusive economic zone of PRC – Plaintiff bringing proceedings against defendant in Shanghai Maritime Court and also in Hong Kong – Defendant applying for stay of Hong Kong proceedings on grounds of forum non conveniens and lis alibi pendens – Whether Hong Kong proceedings should be stayed in favour of Shanghai Maritime Court

Marine insurance – War risks – Whether wilful misconduct on part of shipowner – Piracy – Malicious acts – Breach of warranty – Warranty of legality – Rights of mortgagee bank as co-assured

Charterparty – Laycan – Charterers entitled to cancel charter if notice of readiness not given as per charterparty – NOR tendered but not during permitted hours – Whether charterers entitled to cancel