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Loading delayed because of need to fumigate holds - whether vessel off-hire

The vessel was chartered under the NYPE form for the carriage of maize from South Africa to Japan. The charterparty provided that on arrival at the loading port the vessel was to be in every way fitted for the carriage of maize and that she was to be ready to receive cargo with clean-swept holds to an official surveyor’s satisfaction. The charterparty also provided that fumigations ordered because of cargoes carried or ports visited prior to delivery were to be for owners’ account.