Reefer and General Shipping Co Inc v Great White Fleet Ltd (The ”Kinaros V”) - US Court of Appeals (Cardamone and Winter Ct JJ and Ward DJ) - 12 February 1997

Charterparty of refrigerated cargo vessel containing clause entitling charterer to terminate charter in event of breakdown occurring on three occasions - Vessel sustaining various breakdowns - Whether charterers entitled to terminate charter

The plaintiff shipowners chartered their ocean-going refrigerated cargo vessel Kinaros V to the defendants. The charterparty contained the following clause (”the Breakdown Clause”):