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Gencon charterparty - Whether demurrage payable where notice of readiness invalid due to overstowage of cargo - Effect of Centrocon Completion Clause

The charter was on an amended Gencon form. Charterers were to load a part cargo of fertilizer. Clause 4 provided that time lost in waiting for berth was to count as laytime. Clause 11 provided that charterers were liable for demurrage at the discharge port. The charterparty also contained the Centrocon Completion Clause, which provided: