Koch Carbon Inc as Disponent Owners of the M/V "Glorious Rena" v Normarine Ltd - Before Thomas F Fox, A.J. Siciliano and John P Besman (Chair) - 5 June 2001

Vessel time-chartered by disponent owners - Whether last voyage legitimate - Whether disponent owners entitled to indemnity from charterers in respect of damages payable to head owners for late redelivery

The vessel Glorious Rena was time-chartered by head owners to Koch Carbon Inc ("Koch) under a charter which required redelivery to take place on or "about" 31 July 2000. The head charter did not define the word "about".