London Arbitration 16/04

Laytime - Time at which valid notice of readiness given at Banjul - Damages for detention - Whether owners entitled to damages for detention for period vessel waiting off Lagos - Disbursements - Whether charterers obliged to provide owners with original invoices before obtaining reimbursement in respect of owners' disbursements

The vessel was chartered on an amended Sugar Charterparty 1969 form for a voyage from Santos or Paranagua to Banjul and Nigeria with a cargo of bagged sugar. There were three principal issues.