Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty – Consumption of MDO – Charterparty clause describing vessel’s consumption as 0.3 mt per day – Whether owners entitled to claim 0.3 mt MDO each day without having to prove actual consumption – Whether charterers entitled to claim reimbursement of sums claimed by owners

Charterparty – Bunkers on redelivery – Costs of performance claim

Practice – Striking out of statement of case – Application by claimant to strike out defence for failure to comply with directions order – Whether defence should be struck out – CPR 3.4(2)(c)

Charterparty – Bunker claim – Whether charterers liable to reimburse owners for port disbursements – Whether owners entitled to damages for charterers’ failure to pay disbursements

Arbitration – Jurisdiction – Whether respondents were party to charterparty containing London arbitration clause

Demurrage –Vessel ordered to leave loading terminal – Imminent approach of tropical storm – Whether time continued to count – Whether owners entitled to demurrage – Whether charterers entitled to rely on “bad weather” and/or “other reasons not attributable to charterers” exceptions – Whether charterers entitled to rely on “Force Majeure” – Whether charterers under duty to minimise effects of tropical storm on vessel