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Change of discharge ports - Whether master entitled to delay sailing until indemnified

The vessel, which was time-chartered on the NYPE form, loaded a cargo in Venezuela where a bill of lading was issued showing Genoa as the discharging port. That was changed to Savona against the charterers giving the usual letter of indemnity. After discharging a very small quantity of Savona, further discharge became impossible and the charterers ordered the vessel back to Genoa. It turned out that discharge at Genoa was also impossible so the charterers directed the ship to Rotterdam. This change of orders was received by the owners at 09 35 on 7 March 1980.