Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty – Bunkers on redelivery – Parties agreeing that owners would provide redelivery bunkers with charterers paying against invoice without deduction – Charterers failing to pay for bunkers as agreed – Whether owners failed to mitigate loss

European law – Protection of employees in the event of insolvency of employer – Applicability to seamen employed to work on non-EU flagged vessel – Whether Greek national law constituted “equivalent” protection – Council Directive 80/987/EEC, articles 1(1) and 1(2).

Charterparty – Time charter trip – Vessel chartered for one trip – Vessel carrying and discharging cargo – Whether charterers entitled to order empty vessel to proceed to a further load port for another carrying voyage – Whether last voyage order legitimate

Demurrage – Rain time – Holidays – Availability of hatches – Crane breakdowns