London Arbitration 16/94

Time charter - Whether vessel off-hire

The vessel was chartered on the Linertime form on 26 October 1990 while the vessel was discharging cargo under a previous charter. The cancelling date was 0900 hours on 2 November 1990. On 31 October 1990 the owners reported that during grain cleaning immediately prior to sailing from the discharge port to deliver under the present charterparty the crew encountered “unforeseen difficulties” whilst changing a cylinder liner on the main engine.