Cero Navigation Corporation v Jean Lion & Cie (The 'Solon') - QBD (Com Ct)(Thomas J) - 11 January 2000

Demurrage - Whether general mutual exceptions clause in Sugar Charterparty 1969 applies to laytime

The vessel Solon was chartered on the Sugar Charterparty 1969 for a voyage from Paranagua, Brazil to Algiers with a cargo of sugar. Clause 28 of the charterparty was entitled 'Strikes and Force Majeure', and provided: