London Arbitration 5/97

Time charter trip for “about 55/65 days without guarantee” - Vessel redelivered late - Meaning of expression “without guarantee” - Whether voyage orders illegitimate - Whether charterers misrepresented duration of trip

The vessel was chartered on the NYPE form for “about one time charter trip, duration about 55/65 days without guarantee” giving delivery on arrival pilot station one safe port South China, not north of Shanghai.